Скачать или смотреть The men who lorded over Vietnam's drug valley

Long Luong, a remote commune in Vietnam's northern mountainous province of Son La, was suddenly in the national limelight after hundreds of police officers and scores of gangsters got into a long shootout in the last days of June.
At the end of all the firing, the major news that came out was that the culmination of years of preparations by the police left two drug lords dead.
However, these two were not the first, and possibly not the last, major drug dealers to set up their base in the commune, which lies just 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from the Laos border and had at one point been nicknamed Vietnam's "drug supermarket."
Homegrown kingpin
The first major drug lord to rise to power in the Long Luong valley was a H'Mong man called Trang A Tang, said Giang A Chong, deputy chief of Long Luong police and Tang's former neighbor.
Born to the chief of the commune's Lung Xa Village in 1982, Tang grew up in one of the drug hotspots of Son La Province. He dropped out of school after ninth grade to work as a smuggler for local drug dealers.
After gaining experience for many years, Tang set up his own network to traffic drugs from the infamous Golden Triangle area of northwestern Laos, northeastern Myanmar and northern Thailand, and distribute them in Vietnam or traffic them further to China.
Tang's drug ring quickly proved successful and grew undetected, thanks to the deployment of discreet directing methods, relying only on trusted partners and the use of cars specially designed with hidden compartments for drug trafficking.
However, unlike many drug lords who choose to hide their riches, Tang soon became famous across Son La for his wealth and extravagant lifestyle.
In the middle of a neighborhood full of one-story houses in Son La's Moc Chau Town, Tang's large three-story house stood out with fancy decorations, high-tech equipment, security cameras, expensive furniture and a garage housing expensive cars like Lexus and BMW.
Tang also built a massive seven-story house along National Highway 6 passing through the town with plans to turn it into the greatest hotel in the entire province, and used $10,000 to build a football field in the area.
During the H'Mong people's New Year celebration in 2013, Tang threw a three-day feast for the entire Lung Xa Village with hundreds of cooks preparing traditional dishes, and invited well-known singers and musicians to entertain the villagers.
Once, he spent nearly VND80 million ($3,500) to pay the electricity bills of all residents of neighboring Ta De Village, according to the village's chief Song A Tong.
Police began watching Tang in 2008 after he became rich in a very short time despite being a farmer, and rumors about a major "player" in Son La started circulating between drug users.
By disguising themselves as backpackers visiting Long Luong, police managed to confirm their suspicions, but plans to raid Tang's hideout were scrapped as many village officials were his relatives and the area was protected by well-armed bodyguards.
Tang was eventually arrested in July 2013 as he was carrying over 90 kilograms (200 pounds) of heroin on a car traveling from Hanoi to the neighboring Bac Ninh Province. His wife and henchmen were with him.
In September 2016, a court in Bac Ninh sentenced Tang and eight of his henchmen to death, while another three, including his wife and father, got life sentences.
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