Visiting 2 border guards injured while arresting drug traffickers

On the evening of June 28, Major General Le Duc Thai - Deputy Commander of the Border Guard went to Military Hospital 4 to visit and encourage two border scouts who were injured while dismantling a major drug trafficking case on the Vietnam - Laos border. Accompanying him were the functional agencies of the Border Guard Command and the Nghe An Border Guard Command.

Major General Le Duc Thai - Deputy Commander of the Border Guard visited the health of a scout injured while arresting a drug trafficker. Photo: Hung Phong

Currently, thanks to the timely emergency treatment of the team of doctors and nurses at Military Hospital 4, the health of these two scouts has passed the critical stage.

Previously, on the afternoon of June 28, a working delegation of Nghe An Provincial Police led by Colonel Nguyen Huu Cau - Director of the Provincial Police visited two border guards who were injured while chasing drug suspects and are currently being treated at Military Hospital 4.

Major General Le Duc Thai - Deputy Commander of the Border Guard and Colonel Nguyen Huu Cau encouraged and shared with the scouts, their families as well as the Special Task Force and the anti-crime force; at the same time, wished the injured comrades a quick recovery so that they could return to their units to continue the fight against crime, maintain political security, order and safety in the border area.

Colonel Nguyen Huu Cau - Director of the Provincial Police Department visited a Border Guard scout injured while on duty. Photo: Duc Vu

Previously, at around 6:30 a.m. on June 28, in Khanh Thanh village, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district, implementing the plan to fight Project 092Av, detectives discovered Vu Ba Xenh (39 years old, Tay Son commune, Ky Son district), along with another subject, illegally transporting drugs from Laos to Vietnam. This is a project that the Northern Task Force (under the Department of Drug and Crime Prevention, Border Guard Command) coordinated with Nghe An Border Guard to monitor for the past 3 months.

When the scouts rushed in to control Xênh, the remaining man immediately pulled out a gun and fired continuously at the arresting force, then quickly fled into the forest. The incident caused Lieutenant Nguyen Dinh Tai (PCTP scout of the Nam Can Border Guard Station, Nghe An Border Guard), to be hit once in the abdomen. And another bullet also hit Major Nguyen Manh Hung (Scout of the Drug and Crime Prevention Department, Border Guard Command) in the shoulder.

Despite being injured, the detectives were able to subdue and control Xênh. Searching Xênh, the detectives seized 20 heroin cakes, 7 kg of crystal meth, 12,000 meth pills, 1 gun, 15 bullets, 1 bullet casing and 1 cell phone.