Dien Bien police seize 48kg of heroin, 500,000 synthetic drug pillsPolice from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have arrested three people trafficking 135 bricks of heroin (48kg) and 500,000 synthetic drug pills. Besides the drugs and synthetic pills, the police also seized a car, a mortorbike, and other objects of evidence. This is the large drugs trafficking case with the largest quantity of synthetic drug pills seized in the country so far, according to the police. According to the investigation agency, two out of the three arrested are residing in Dien Bien province while the other is a foreigner. Nearly 21,471 drug-trafficking cases were reported in 2017, up 14.5 percent from 2016, according to a report on collaboration among the Police General Department, the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam Border Guard High Command and Vietnam Coast Guard.