Transnational drug traffickers elude capture, shots fired
(VOV) - Two suspected transnational drug smugglers avoided capture by border guards and Quang Tri provincial authorities on June 27 after they fiercely resisted arrest, firing shots and ramming officials with their vehicle.
The suspects, accused of illegally transporting ecstasy from Laos to Vietnam for distribution, were caught red-handed transacting drug deals in an area of forest near Huoi Loa hamlet, Sepon district, Savannakhet province in Laos.
After ramming police with their vehicle and firing several shots, the suspects fled on foot into the dangerous mountains, leaving behind their car.
Police seized 20,000 tablets of ecstasy in the suspects’ vehicle.
The man hunt for the two suspects is continuing.