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Re: Vietnam - HCM
Hi HCMC bros,
Just for info: Seven caught in new HCMC drug bust
Luong Ngoc Lap
Seven people allegedly involved in a ring that brought around 400 kg of heroin and over 10,000 ecstasy pills from northern Vietnam into Ho Chi Minh City have been arrested, police reported Tuesday.
The gang was busted after District 2 police caught two drug pushers on May 17. Their tips led to the arrest of Luong Ngoc Lap, 37, who later confessed to being the ringleader of a large drug circuit.
According to police records, Lap used to head the heroin trafficking arm of a drug ring in Hanoi.
When a large portion of the Hanoi crew was busted early last year, Lap fled to Ho Chi Minh City where he used a fake ID card and formed the new ring.
Police said Lap’s ring had ties with an ecstasy ring led by Vietnamese Australian Nguyen Tuan Khanh, who was arrested last month.
Vietnam has some of the world's toughest drug laws. Possessing, trading or trafficking more than 600 grams (1.3 pounds) of heroin or 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of opium is punishable by death or life in prison.
Since the beginning of this year, about 26 people have been sentenced to death in Vietnam on drug charges.
Source: SGGP – Translated by The Vinh
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