Three forces coordinate to prevent crimes early and from afar

On the morning of April 28, the Provincial People's Committee held a first quarter meeting on the situation and results of implementing Decree 03/2019/ND-CP dated September 5, 2019 on coordination between the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense in performing tasks.security protectionnational, ensuring social order and safety, fighting crime and national defense tasks; deploying tasks for the second quarter of 2022.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh presided at the provincial bridge point. At the bridge points of districts, cities and towns, there were representatives of local authorities, departments and offices; leaders of Police, Military and Border Guard units stationed in the area.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Hoai Thu

Propose coordinated solutions

At the conference, there were 7 opinions on the implementation of Decree 03/2019/ND-CP dated September 5, 2019 on coordination between the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense in performing the tasks of protecting national security, ensuring social order and safety, fighting against crimes and national defense tasks in Nghe An in the first quarter of 2022.

Presentation ofProvincial Military CommandIt is stated that in recent times, the political security situation in rural areas in some specific areas has been complicated, and the military, police, and border guards have had to carry out many tasks at the same time, so they have encountered many difficulties. However, thanks to being proactive in their work and focusing on coordination with other sectors and localities, they have been proactive in all aspects of their work. The Provincial Military Command has increased 66 soldiers to join the Border Guard posts to perform the task of preventing the Covid-19 epidemic and protecting border security.

Senior Lieutenant Colonel Phan Dai Nghia - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command emphasized that over the years, the areas under their responsibility have always been well maintained by the forces, security and order have been well protected, coordination in performing military tasks has been given attention and has been increasingly improved in quality, especially in military recruitment, helping Nghe An to be at the top of the country in terms of the quality of new recruits.

The Commander of the Provincial Military Command requested the Provincial People's Committee to continue to closely organize conferences to evaluate and summarize the coordination work between the three forces, strictly maintain combat readiness, especially in border areas; and best prepare for the work.rehearsalplanned defense area.

Delegates attending the conference spoke about coordination solutions in the fight against crime. Photo: Hoai Thu

Emphasize the importance of coordination in the strugglecrime prevention(PCTP), the leader of the Drug Crime Investigation Police Department of the Provincial Police, said that currently in Nghe An, there are still many drug trafficking rings from Laos and Thailand taking advantage of the rugged terrain to smuggle drugs into Nghe An, then transport them to other provinces. Among them, there are some groups of foreigners who collude with Nghe An people to trade drugs, ready to use hot weapons, increasingly sophisticated methods and apply high technology, causing difficulties for the force to solve the case. Therefore, the coordination in drug crime prevention between the three forces of the Police, Military, and Border Guard needs to be further improved in the coming time.

Colonel Le Van Thai - Deputy Director of the Provincial Police also expressed his agreement on the need to further tighten coordination between the three forces to ensure security and order in the area, most recently during the April 30 - May 1 holiday. Another important issue proposed by the Provincial Police leaders is the need to tighten coordination to ensure security in cyberspace. Currently, there are many reactionary elements appearing through social networking applications, suggesting that the forces proactively refute and fight more strongly against this type of crime.

Agreeing with the discussion opinions and proposals at the conference on coordination between forces in the fight against drug trafficking, Colonel Ho Quyet Thang - Deputy Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command requested that the forces continue to coordinate well with the Border Guard to complete the tasks well, especially building a drug-free border area. Currently, the border gates have reopened, the Border Guard will coordinate well with the Police and Military to control and maintain security and order in the border area. Border guard units prepare and pay attention to supporting the military forces to carry out well the preparation work for drills and live combat as planned.

Armed forces fight against drug trafficking groups in border areas. Photo: Archive

Also at the conference, representatives of the Nam Can International Border Guard Station and Nghi Loc District Police also shared experiences and proposals in coordinating crime prevention and control, especially drug crimes in border areas and special areas.

Prevent all types of crimes early and from afar

After listening to the presentations and suggestions, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Le Hong Vinh, acknowledged the efforts of the forces, including 6 outstanding contents that 3 forces have performed well. Specifically, they have coordinated well with local Party committees and authorities to promote the movement of the whole people to protect national security with many practical measures. Notably, the forces have built and replicated 30 advanced models in the movement to protect national security; built a model of a clean commune in terms of drugs...

The forces have also been active and determined in coordinating the fight against crime. Notably, in the first quarter of 2022, the police and border guards at all levels discovered, arrested, and handled 32 cases, 44 subjects, seized 6.5 cakes of heroin, 2.2 kg of heroin, more than 83,000 synthetic drug pills, 7 kg of crystal meth, and more than 153 kg of firecrackers.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh also emphasized a number of shortcomings and difficulties in ensuring security at the grassroots level that need attention, such as: some types of crimes continue to occur, especially drug crimes and violations in cyberspace; there are still complaints related to site clearance for some key projects in the province...

Police, Border Guard, and Military forces coordinate to patrol and protect border security in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district. Photo courtesy of Hoai Thu

In the coming time, the leaders of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Public Security, Military, Border Guard sectors and localities to effectively implement the viewpoints and guidelines of the Party, State, Government, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense, and Air Force 4 on national defense and security tasks, especially defense zone drills and civil defense drills in 2022.

The Police, Military and Border Guard forces at all levels proactively grasp the situation, exchange and coordinate more frequently; fight and prevent all types of crimes early and from afar, and absolutely protect the safety of political security activities in the province. Promote the movement of All people protecting national security, build all-people national defense associated with people's security and all-people border defense./.