Seeing that the gold price in Việt Nam was higher than in Cambodia, the defendants established two smuggling rings to import gold bars from the neighbouring country to sell to domestic gold shop owners. Investigations revealed that both rings smuggled a total of more than six tonnes of gold bars.
Deputy Minister Trần Quốc Tỏ said the fight against crime is becoming more intense, with criminals finding ever more complex ways to commit offences. In the first half of this year the ministry launched investigations into 22,022 crimes related to social order, higher than the target set by the National Assembly.
The gang went to extreme lengths and even instructed a man to shave his head, wear robes and take photographs at a pagoda in order to give the impression he was a Buddhist monk.
Illegally produced fentanyl often takes the form of pills, powders, or solutions, sometimes mixed with heroin, cocaine, or even disguised as more common drugs.
