The Drug Crime Investigation Department under Lang Son Provincial Police has busted a major drug trafficking ring, seizing a total of twenty packages of heroin.

 Driver Pham Xuan Lan is detained while transporting 20 packages of heroin in Lang Son Province on May 16

The raid was carried out at 5:30 pm on May 16th in Chi Lang District when police inspecting a truck found a large amount of drugs hidden inside.

According to the truck's driver, Pham Xuan Lan, 37, he was hired to transport the drug from Son La Province to Lang Son.

Lan was accompanied by his brother Pham Xuan Dung, 35, who were both detained for police investigation.

Initial investigation showed that Lan and Dung belong to a large trans-national drug trafficking ring led by Trieu Ky Voong in Lang Son Province, who is involved in drug trade between several Vietnamese northern provinces and China.

Local police conducted an urgent search at Voong's house in Lang Son City at 8pm the same day and seized a car, 10 mobile phones, 41 bullets and VND57 million (USD2,512) in cash.

Police search the house of Trieu Ky Voong in Lang Son City on May 16