The Laotian drug trafficker. Photo: Hai Quan Newspaper

Border guards in the central province of Thanh Hoa caught the Laotian trafficker red-handed after co-operation with the Quang Chieu border guard station on May 28.

The suspect was found in possession of 1,200 pills labeled as “A” and was arrested at 13:30 close to the national border milestone numbered 299 in Lach village, Muong Chanh commune, Muong Lat district.

The trafficker was later identified as Kham Man, 31, of Vien Xay district in Houaphan province, Laos. 

The Laotian suspect confessed that he had illegally entered Vietnam with the intention of selling drugs.

Thanh Hoa's border guards are currently completing the necessary procedures in order to hand the suspect over to police forces in Laos.

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