China, Vietnam link up to fight drug trafficking

Cross-border contraband trade facing heavy police crackdown

Joint efforts by police from China and Vietnam have awed and frightened drug dealers in the border region, helping to improve the fight against contraband smuggling, the Ministry of Public Security said after transferring a Vietnamese national suspected of drug trafficking to Vietnamese police on Monday.

Nong Van Khoi is accused of helping gang members traffic over 100 kilograms of heroin to China. He was apprehended by Chinese authorities in Huizhou, Guangdong province, on Oct 25 before being handed over to Vietnamese police representatives in Pingxiang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Monday.