On December 22, Quang Tri Provincial Police announced that they had caught Nguyen Tien Thanh (born in 1992, residing in Ninh Chau Commune, Quang Tri Province; currently in Dong Thuan Ward) red-handed for illegally storing and transporting drugs.
Previously, at 12:00 on December 16, 2025, Quang Ninh Commune Police coordinated with Ninh Chau Commune Police, the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department and the Traffic Police Department of Quang Tri Provincial Police to conduct an administrative inspection of a tractor-trailer with license plate 73H-000.17, pulling a trailer 73R-00.778 driven by Nguyen Tien Thanh for suspicious signs.
During the inspection, the subject voluntarily handed over a plastic bag hidden under the cabin of the passenger seat. Inside were 10 blue plastic bags, containing a total of 1,987 tablets, including 1,967 pink and 20 blue tablets.
Nguyen Tien Thanh confessed that all the tablets were pink synthetic drugs, purchased from an unknown person on December 5, 2025, for the purpose of both using and reselling to other drivers when needed.
Realizing signs of illegal possession and transportation of drugs, the authorities made a record of arresting the offender in the act of red-handed, temporarily detaining, sealing the exhibits and handing over the subject to the authorities for further investigation and handling according to the provisions of law.
