K59 gun owner, transporting 12 heroin cakes to Nghe An for sale
(Baonghean.vn) - A man carrying a K59 gun and driving a motorbike carrying 12 heroin cakes from Cau Treo border gate (Ha Tinh) to Nghe An for sale was arrested.
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Subject Le Dang Thanh. Photo: Vu Cuong |
The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (PC47, Nghe An Police) said that at 10:45 a.m. on May 3, the unit arrested Le Dang Thanh (born in 1970, permanent resident of Block 1, Xuan An Town, Nghi Xuan District, Ha Tinh; temporarily residing in Hung Binh Ward, Vinh City) for illegal drug trafficking.
Le Dang Thanh is a drug addict who caught the attention of detectives from PC47 when the unit discovered a drug trafficking ring with large quantities from Laos to Vietnam.
After many days of monitoring the subject's movements, at noon on May 3, at the gate of Cao Thang High School in Cay Chanh hamlet, Tay Son commune, Huong Son district (Ha Tinh), detectives caught Le Dang Thanh red-handed while he was driving a motorbike with license plate 37V2-536.63 transporting 12 heroin cakes hidden in a backpack.
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12 heroin cakes were seized in Thanh's backpack. Photo: Vu Cuong |
At the scene, the police seized a K59 gun, which had one loaded bullet.
According to the police, Le Dang Thanh is a dangerous subject with many criminal records.
The case is currently under investigation and expansion.