HANOI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese border guards detained three Thai people and one Lao citizen when they were transporting over 30kg of heroin from Laos to Vietnam, local border guards said Tuesday.
The four people aged 22, 32, 34 and 43 were detained on Monday evening and then were handed over to Lao police, said the Border Guard of Vietnams central Nghe An province.
The detainees said they colluded with some Lao and Vietnamese people to the Golden Triangle to buy cakes of heroin, transport them to Laos and then bring them to Vietnam to sell.
