Coordinate to destroy cross-border drug crimes in Vietnam

On November 29, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (C04) of the Ministry of Public Security held a conference to summarize the peak of propaganda, attack, and suppression of drug crimes on the Vietnam - Cambodia border in 2023.

Attending the conference were Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien, Director of Department C04, head of the Vietnamese delegation; General Khing Sa Rat, Director of the Department of Anti-Drug Crime, General Department of National Public Security, head of the Kingdom of Cambodia delegation.

Phối hợp triệt phá tội phạm ma túy xuyên biên giới Việt Nam - Campuchia - Ảnh 1. — Police seized a large quantity of drugs in a joint project.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien said that Vietnam and Cambodia are promoting the implementation of the border trade agreement to facilitate bilateral trade cooperation, upgrading border gates, gradually improving administrative procedures, shortening the time for customs clearance of goods, people and vehicles. This creates many advantages, but also poses the risk of being exploited by criminal organizations to commit cross-border crimes, including drug crimes. According to the Director of Department C04, in recent years, on the Vietnam - Cambodia border, crimes of illegal drug trafficking and transportation from the "golden triangle" area through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia to Vietnam , and then to a third country for consumption have tended to increase and pose many complex factors.

Notably, there is also a situation where foreigners enter Vietnam under the guise of tourism, visiting relatives, investing in business... disguise and collude with domestic subjects to establish "front" enterprises and companies, in fact to organize the production, trading, and illegal transportation of drugs. C04 assessed that these things made the drug situation in both countries continue to have many complicated developments last year. In the first 6 months of 2023, the police of 10 provinces along the Vietnam - Cambodia border discovered 1,902 cases, arrested 3,595 subjects, seized 65.6 kg of heroin, 8 kg of marijuana, more than 591 kg, 99,176 synthetic drug pills. Along the entire border, the police of 10 provinces bordering Cambodia and Ho Chi Minh City mobilized people to surrender, arrested 21 suspects, and there are currently about 13 wanted subjects on drug charges who are suspected of hiding in Cambodia.

The outstanding result in recent times is that the coordination in the fight against drug crimes has been increasingly enhanced. A typical joint case was on April 9, in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap, Tien Giang, Can Tho, Binh Thuan and Cambodia, C04 chaired the coordination of Vietnamese and Cambodian functional forces to fight against Project 568P, arresting 12 suspects, seizing 44 kg of various synthetic drugs, 19 kg of heroin and many other related assets. At the same time, Cambodian functional forces arrested 8 suspects and seized 11 kg of synthetic drugs.

Coordinate public control of casino business areas

Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien said that in the coming time, the situation of drug crime activities along the border of the two countries has not decreased, but even tends to increase, with complicated developments in terms of scale, nature and scope of activities, requiring the two sides to further promote cooperation.

Specifically, strengthen and improve the quality of information exchange on drug and precursor control through the hotline between the two countries. Coordinate investigation, verification, and dismantling of drug rings, arrest of criminals and wanted drug suspects. In addition, strengthen the implementation of public control of key drug areas such as roads, waterways, airports, ports in border areas, sensitive areas such as casino business areas; strengthen the management of social order and safety in border provinces of the two countries.

At the same time, it is necessary to continue to coordinate and launch high-profile campaigns to propagate, attack and suppress drug-related crimes in the border areas of the two countries. Maintain regular meetings between the functional forces of the two countries to exchange and share information and coordinate drug prevention and control. The police of the border provinces of the two countries and relevant localities need to closely coordinate with the functional forces on the other side of the border, especially deploying working groups to coordinate the fight against and dismantle the transnational drug trafficking and transportation network between Vietnam and Cambodia. It is necessary to maintain and improve the effectiveness of the Border Liaison Office (BLO) in coordinating and exchanging information, improving the effectiveness of drug prevention and control across the Vietnam - Cambodia border. Survey and propose the establishment of new BLO Offices in the border areas of the two countries...

On this occasion, authorized by the Minister of Public Security, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien presented certificates of merit to 30 groups and individuals of the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Cambodia. General Khing Sa Rat also presented certificates of merit from the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Cambodia to 26 groups and individuals of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam for their outstanding achievements in implementing the peak campaign of propaganda, attacking, suppressing drug crimes and fighting joint special cases on the border.

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