VietNamNet Bridge – Members of HCM City Police's drug squad (PC47) claim to have broken a large drug ring running ecstasy pills from Cambodia.

From December 23 to 28, they nabbed five drug smugglers and took possession of 3,000 ecstasy pills.

On December 23, police reportedly found a man, Nguyen Van Bong, carrying 1,500 ecstasy bills through Cao Dat-Tran Binh Trong crossroads in District 5.

Bong, who comes from Binh Thanh District in HCM City, is said to have admitted that he was a member of a criminal gang transport drugs from Cambodia and selling them wholesale at bars and discos throughout the city and neighbouring Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.

After extensive investigations, PC 47 police seized another four alleged members of the gang – and another 1,500 ecstasy tablets.

Those arrested were Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen, Ngo Minh Luan from in Binh Duong Province, Nguyen Hieu Long from Dong Nai Province and Nguyen Thi Tuyet from HCM City's Go Vap District.

PC 47 police claim the ring employed sophisticated smugglers to carry large amounts of drugs through the border with Cambodia.

Further investigations are underway.

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