Vietnam police seize almost 2,000 meth tablets
(VOV) - Vietnamese police have seized nearly 2,000 methamphetamine pills from a smuggler near the country's western border in one of the year's largest narcotic busts.
Police officials announced on June 21 that border guards arrested Lam Quang Trung at the La Lay International Border Gate in the Dakrong district of Quang Tri province after he was caught red handed attempting to smuggle the drugs across the border.
Trung, 31, a resident of the A Luoi district of Thua Thien-Hue province had previously been on the police’s radar as a suspected dealer and trafficker of illegal contraband in the region.
On his motorbike, authorities discovered an estimated 93 grams of the synthetic substance and also seized a sword, two Thai knives, a laptop and other related documents.
Trung admitted he bought the drugs in Salavan province in Laos with the intention of illegally transporting them into Vietnam.
The case is pending further investigation.