Lo Van Dung at the police station (Photo: Bao Giao Thong)
Police forces in Xamtay district had caught a Vietnamese suspect red-handed as he was in the process of transporting drugs from Laos to the Vietnamese border in Thanh Hoa province for the purpose of selling them.

Upon conducting a search of the scene, the police discovered 30 cakes of heroin.

The suspect was later identified as Lo Van Dung, 31, of Que Phong district, Nghe An province.

After receiving more information about the drugs ring, police forces arrested another suspect, 20-year-old Thao Dia Tho of Houaphanh province, and confiscated  two cakes of heroin and a motorbike.

The case is currently under further investigation.