VietNamNet Bridge – A taskforce policeman has been killed and another seriously wounded after a big drug trafficking ring was razed in the northern border province of Son La on July 19.

The police seized a number of guns from drug traffickers

Son La police had discovered an armed ring transporting large amounts of drugs from the Lao border to Son La for consumption.

The provincial police submitted to the Ministry of Public Security a plan to break up this ring.

At 04.05am on July 19 the police discovered 25 armed traffickers trying to carry drugs to Thung Cuong Village of Van Ho District.

Relevant agencies circled the village, calling on the traffickers to surrender. However, they received strong resistance from the traffickers.

A policeman was killed and another was injured during the exchange of fire. Two traffickers were killed and three others were seriously wounded.

Twenty members of the ring managed to escape the besieging, leaving behind six backpacks that contained 108 cakes of heroin and a number of guns of different types.

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