Thoong Dy, residing in Attapeu Province, was apprehended on the afternoon of February 23 at Phuong Thang hotel in Se Nhay hamlet, Attapeu while in possession of 10,000 methamphetamine pills, a motorbike, and a mobile phone.

He confessed that he planned to smuggle the drugs into Vietnam for distribution.

Kon Tum border guards are working with Attapeu police to conduct further investigations and will hand over the drug trafficker and collected evidence to the Attapeu police for processing.

In recent times, they have performed many successful busts of border drug trafficking rings.