Shooting to control young man holding 24 thousand synthetic drug pills
(Baonghean.vn) - After a chase in the rain in Vinh city, police had to open fire to control a violent young man carrying drugs.
Through professional work, detectives of the Drug Crime Investigation Police Team (Vinh City Police) obtained information about an illegal drug trafficking ring.drugfrom Laos to Vinh city for consumption.
The leader and director of all activities of this line is Va Ba Long, born in 1992, residing in Huoi Co village, Nhon Mai commune (Tuong Duong).
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| Two brothers Va Ba Long and Va Ba Xau. Photo: Duc Vu |
Long's real brother, Va Ba Xau, born in 1996, living at the same address, is a great help. These two are Mong ethnic people, familiar with the border area, and regularly connect with many people in Laos and Vinh city to trade drugs. Through verification, the investigation team determined that Xau and Long met a Laotian person in Tuong Duong district to buy drugs, then brought them to a motel on Bui Huy Bich street, Hung Loc commune, Vinh city.
From the morning of October 18, 2020, the Task Force mobilized 5 working groups with nearly 30 drug detectives, in coordination with Ha Huy Tap Ward Police to lie in ambush around the place where the two subjects were staying. At 5:00 p.m. the same day, the working groups were ordered to block all the entrances and exits of the boarding house. About 30 minutes later, the subject Va Ba Xau used a motorbike to go from the boarding house to Bui Huy Bich Street at high speed, in the midst of heavy rain,flooded roadHalfway through the car, two working groups quickly blocked the car to arrest the suspect.
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| The knife that Va Ba Xau used to fight back against the police. Photo: Trong Tuan |
However, Va Ba Xau was very reckless, turning the car around to escape, another working group immediately "locked the tail". Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Nam Trung, a drug detective, jumped down from the motorbike and rushed to control the subject, then the subject suddenly pulled out a hidden knife and stabbed comrade Trung in the left chest. Fortunately, Lieutenant Colonel Trung dodged the sharp knife, the knife went close to the left side, piercing through comrade Trung's outer jacket. At this time, subject Xau was very aggressive, stabbing randomly at the working group to run away into a densely populated area in lane 05, Bui Huy Bich street.
Faced with that situation, the remaining groups tried to chase the suspect for about 1.5 km, used guns to fire warning shots, forced him to close in, took away his weapon and knocked him down. The seized evidence included 24,000 MTTH pills, 1 knife, 1 motorbike, 1 mobile phone.
Immediately after that, another task force arrested the ringleader Va Ba Long at a motel on Bui Huy Bich Street. At the investigation agency, the two subjects confessed that if this operation was successful, the subjects would earn 2.4 billion VND.
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| Authorities unseal the seized drugs. Photo: Trong Tuan |
Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dinh Vinh - Deputy Chief of Vinh City Police, Deputy Head of the special case said that the process of monitoring and discovering the special case came at a time when the city police force was focusing on ensuring security and order for the Nghe An Provincial Party Congress, but the fight against drug crimes could not be delayed. Therefore, when the opportunity was favorable, the brothers in the special case decided to solve the case and were successful.