Four men in custody after another drug bust in Bokeo


Four men in police custody together with the huge stash of crystal meth they were transporting through Bokeo province. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Police in Bokeo province arrested four men recently after they found them transporting 500kg of crystal meth through Tonpheung district.

The Lao Security newspaper reported that Tonpheung district police teamed up with the anti-narcotics police department of the Bokeo Provincial Police Command to intercept the group, who were carrying the drugs in three vehicles.

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