HANOI, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Police in Vietnam's Hanoi have detained the leader of an inter-provincial drug trafficking ring.
Duong Dinh Dang, 30, confessed that he ran a ring which transported lab-made drugs from Vietnam's northwestern region and northern Quang Ninh province to the capital city for sales, and he had transported over 4.4 kg of narcotics, the municipal police said on Thursday.
Searching his house in Hanoi, local police confiscated one handgun, eight bullets, three bags of lab-made drugs, and 147 million Vietnamese dong (6,600 U.S. dollars) in cash.
According to the Vietnamese law, those convicted of smuggling over 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kg of methamphetamine are punishable by death. Making or trading 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal drugs also faces death penalty.
