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Talking about the project to destroy a criminal organization illegally producing synthetic drugs in Khanh Hoa province, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien - Director of the Department of Investigation Police on Drug Crimes (C04, Ministry of Public Security) said that deciding the time to solve the case is extremely important.

Cunning subject, the field develops very quickly

According to Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien, about a week before the case was solved, the task force determined that the subjects had produced 1.8 tons of raw materials to make drugs, packed them into 27 foam boxes and sent them to cold storages far from the factory. When the cold storage owners refused to accept them, the subjects brought them back and burned the boxes.

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A factory used by the subjects to produce drugs. Photo: C04

Then, through secret surveillance, the police discovered that the subjects bought many gas cylinders, large pots, cotton, masks... to produce pure drugs.

At this time, the Investigation Committee determined that the subjects had created drugs but the quantity was unknown.

"Although the task force has reported to the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security to propose many options, it is very difficult for us to make a decision, because everything is happening very quickly in the field," Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien shared.

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Tools used by the subjects to produce synthetic drugs. Photo: C04

In addition, because the subjects produced drugs in 3 different locations, the Task Force must ensure the arrest of all suspects, especially those with knowledge of chemistry and directly directing the production...

"The subject is very cunning. When a stage of production is completed, he fires all the employees so that the previous group and the next group do not know each other and do not know what is being produced," Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien commented.

200 police raided at 0:00

Director of Department C04 said that the task force had to come up with many scenarios, including the case of subjects using acid to attack the police.

Khanh Hoa Provincial Police also had to use strong mobile forces and prepare specialized clothing to prevent poisoning and suffocation... They even had to prepare fire trucks and police dogs... to prevent the subjects from fighting back or hiding.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien compared the timing of the raid to capture the suspects to a battle that cannot be too early or too late.

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Authorities test ketamine. Photo: C04

"The key moment to decide to raid is when determining the subjects who have produced drugs. If they complete the production, the subjects will temporarily stop their activities and return to the country. Therefore, the Task Force decided to immediately arrest them," Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien emphasized.

According to the Director of Department C04, because we calculated the plan very carefully, combined with secrecy, and suddenly attacked the case at 0:00, the subjects did not have time to react, could not fight back, ensuring absolute safety for the functional forces.

"It can be assessed that this is a synthetic drug production factory with an especially large scale, modern equipment lines, advanced technology, the largest in Vietnam to be destroyed up to this point.

In particular, the finished drug products with the purest content are produced by highly skilled individuals, but no drugs from this factory have been sold outside the Vietnamese market or transported for sale," Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Vien assessed.

Project 199D

Truong Xuan Minh (51 years old, Taiwanese nationality, China) - the leader of the ring came to Vietnam in 2021, creating a cover for investment, business, and ornamental fish farming.

In November 2024, Minh asked someone to rent a 1,000m2 plot of land in the cemetery north of Vinh Luong commune (Nha Trang city) to build a workshop. After that, he rented another 300m2 plot of land 3km away from the previous plot to gather raw materials, chemicals and related equipment.

Minh also hired people to produce the ingredients to make synthetic drugs in two stages.

The investigation team determined that the subjects had produced drugs and that if they completed the production, they would temporarily stop their activities and return to their country, so they decided to solve the case when the opportunity was favorable.

At 0:00 on March 22, nearly 200 officers and soldiers simultaneously attacked and arrested subjects who were illegally producing drugs.

To date, the police have arrested 11 subjects (4 Chinese, 3 Taiwanese (China), 4 Vietnamese), seized 1.4 tons of high-purity ketamine and nearly 80 tons of chemicals.

Inside the 'huge' drug factory on a 1,000m2 plot of land in Nha Trang City

Inside the 'huge' drug factory on a 1,000m2 plot of land in Nha Trang City

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department (Ministry of Public Security) has just broken up the largest drug production case ever, seizing 1.4 tons of ketamine and 80 tons of chemicals used to produce drugs.
Drug production 'factory' busted in Nha Trang City, 1.4 tons of ketamine seized

Drug production 'factory' busted in Nha Trang City, 1.4 tons of ketamine seized

The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department has just coordinated with professional units of the Ministry of Public Security to break up the largest illegal drug production case ever.