Vietnam Arrests Two Suspects with Nearly 1kg Methamphetamine Hidden in Helmet

Border guards in Tay Ninh province, Vietnam, have completed the case file and handed over two suspects to provincial police for further investigation into illegal drug trafficking. The suspects, identified as Lê Quan Trường, 27, and Cao Anh Tài, 27, were apprehended near the Mộc Bài international border gate.

Lê Quan Trường was arrested while illegally crossing into Vietnam from Cambodia, carrying approximately 1 kg of suspected methamphetamine and 499 synthetic drug pills concealed in a helmet and on his person. The discovery was made by the Tay Ninh Provincial Border Guard's professional unit, in coordination with the Provincial Police's Narcotics Crime Investigation Division and a task force from the Anti-Narcotics and Crime Prevention Department.

Trường reportedly confessed that the seized items were drugs, and he was hired by an unidentified man to transport them from Cambodia to Vietnam for a fee of 4 million Vietnamese dong. Following Trường's arrest, authorities expanded the investigation and apprehended Cao Anh Tài, who is believed to be connected to Trường's drug trafficking network.

The Provincial Police are continuing their investigation into the case to handle it according to legal procedures.

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The above-mentioned illegal drug trafficking case is being further investigated and handled by the Tay Ninh Provincial Police in accordance with the law.