by ,http://vietnamnews.vn/society/523576/two-held-accused-of-trafficking-heroin.html05 August 2019 Last updated at 08:59 AM
ĐIỆN BIÊN — Điện Biên Đông District Police yesterday arrested two people suspected of smuggling more than two kilogrammes of heroin into Viet Nam.
The information was revealed by senior lieutenant-colonel Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, head of the district police division.
The arrested men are Lầu A Mua, 19 and 23-year-old Lầu A Chá, 23. They two accused are brothers from Xa Dung B Village, Xa Dung Commune.
At about 8.30am yesterday, while working in Pú Nhi D Village, Pú Nhi Commune, the district police saw the brothers acting suspiciously.
The drugs, which are thought to have originated in Laos, were discovered by officers.
Investigations are continuing. — VNS