Smuggling kingpin arrested in cross-border explosives ring from Laos to Vietnam

Tuoi Tre News21 October 2026, 07:40 UTCVietnam

Quang Tri border guards and Lao forces have arrested three Lao nationals, including a man known as the 'border kingpin,' in a cross-border smuggling ring involving 30 tonnes of illegal fireworks transported from Laos into Vietnam.

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