Lao national Xong Ba Tu is arrested in Vietnam's Nghe An Province for trafficking 3.7 kilograms of heroin on June 28, 2014. Vietnam court upholds death sentences against 29 drug smugglers Vietnam cops still tracking Lao fugitive after 'crazy' car chase Police bust Vietnam-Laos drug trafficking ring, arrest 3 Vietnamese border guards in Nghe An Province on Saturday arrested two Lao nationals suspected of bringing 3.7 kilograms of heroin from Laos to Vietnam. Xong Rua Lo and Xong Ba Tu (the Vietnamese transcription of their Lao names) attempted to use knives to attack the border guards, but were overpowered after a brief fight, according to Nghe An Border Guard Command. Lo, 28, and Tu, 15, carried 3.7 kilograms of heroin, which they said would be delivered to drug dealers in Thanh Chuong District. Investigation is on-going, police said.
Elsewhere on the Vietnamese border with Laos, Vietnamese police are cooperating with Lao authorities to search for two people suspected of transporting 20,000 ecstasy tablets into Vietnam. The suspects, who travelled in a van, opened fire at the police when they were stopped in Quang Tri Province in central Vietnam. They then fled to a jungle that spans two countries, leaving the vehicle and drug behind, police said.