On 27 August, the Vientiane Province People's Court sentenced 14 people for drug trafficking and murder, with punishments ranging from two years to life in prison.
The court gave its toughest sentence to a 27 year old laborer from Mai village, Phonhong district. The judges sentenced him to life in...
Authorities in Vientiane seized more than 10 million methamphetamine pills in early June, in one of the city's largest drug busts in recent years.
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Authorities in Champasak Province have arrested five people suspected of methamphetamine trafficking and seized more than 22,000 pills during a crackdown in Sanasomboun district...
Thai authorities arrested a Lao national on 2 May after intercepting a boat carrying 249 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine across the Mekong River, Thai...
Drug-related offences remained the most common crime in Laos in 2025, with authorities recording 3,660 cases nationwide, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
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