Nine men arrested with 371 kilos of explosives at Lao border
Nine men were arrested by police in the central province of Quang Binh on Tuesday as they were smuggling explosives into Vietnam through the Laos border.
Nine sacks of explosives weighing 371 kilograms were seized near the border in Bo Trach District.
The men, all locals between 26 and 45 years of age, said they had crossed the border into Laos early this month to bring the explosives to Vietnam.