Posts Tagged ‘ Told The Police ’

Students are the new mules 

November 12, 2011
Students are the new mules 

  African drug smugglers shift carriers to avoid detection Preyanooch Phuttharaksa, a 22-year-old Thai student, was arrested on October 29 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for allegedly smuggling more than three kilograms of methamphetamine into Vietnam Everything went smoothly for Preyanooch Phuttharaksa on arrival at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan [...]

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Murders most foul 

September 4, 2011
Murders most foul 

  Quiet 18-year-old youth confesses to killing three members of a family in failed gold heist Le Van Luyen (C), 18, is arrested on Wednesday (August 31) in the northern province of Lang Son for allegedly murdering three people at a Bac Giang gold shop on August 24 An 18-year-old youth, described as a quiet [...]

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Dangerous business 

July 30, 2011
Dangerous business 

Tran Ha Duy (L) and her sister Tran Ha Tien have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an African-led drug trafficking ring African drug smuggling rings are using Vietnamese female students as traffickers instead of middle-aged women as they did earlier, a senior narcotics police officer has warned. Colonel Le Thanh Liem, deputy chief [...]

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Cross-border drug kingpin caught in southern Vietnam 

July 20, 2011
Cross-border drug kingpin caught in southern Vietnam 

"Balls" of heroin found hidden in a box of mangosteen which was to be shipped from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in April. Narcotics squad officers from the Ministry of Public Security have arrested the leader of a cross-border drug trafficking ring in Ho Chi Minh City, police said Monday.   Nguyen Ba Thuy, [...]

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Fearful daughter sends hoax threats to upright forest warden

January 3, 2010
Fearful daughter sends hoax threats to upright forest warden

The daughter of a forest-ranger chief sent her father threatening SMS messages pretending to be an illegal logger since she was worried loggers would attack him if he continued to arrest them. LookAtVietnam – The daughter of a forest-ranger chief in the northern Vietnam sent her father threatening SMS messages pretending to be an illegal [...]

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Hanoi restaurant sells wildlife bone paste for $820/kg

December 7, 2009
Hanoi restaurant sells wildlife bone paste for $820/kg

Hanoi police Sunday found a local restaurant cooking more than 38 kilograms of wildlife bones during their inspection there on that day. Bui Quang Hai, owner of Hai Nam Restaurant at No.56 Le Trong Tan Street in Ha Dong District, told the police that the bones, including 20 kilograms of chamois (goat antelope) bones, nine [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/8

August 10, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 10/8

Drug control at border gates still loose; City TV network fined for unregistered content; Pepsi blackened with wastewater claims; Director nabbed for abuse of power; Business pioneers to save electricity Drug control at border gates still loose      The Ministry of Public Security’s antidrug agency said Saturday that it has since earlier this year detained [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/5

May 9, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/5

Heavy rains cause damage in central region; Pagodas honour Buddha’s birthday with charity; Phan Thiet to get new railway station; Taxi driver caught using remote control to up fares; Eleven divers in danger after ship wrecked by waves; Two detained for making and selling fake drugs 100th birth anniversary of late Minister of Health Pham [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...