Nearly 100kg of fireworks seized on passenger bus on Saigon - Nghe An route

Receiving information that Hoang Tuan bus company running the Saigon - Nghe An route specializes in transporting fireworks to Nghe An for sale, the leaders of the Environmental Police Department (Nghe An Provincial Police) planned to intercept and arrest them.

The subjects and evidence. Photo: Nguyen Duong

At about 10:00 a.m. on February 6, a working group consisting of the Environmental Police Department in coordination with Traffic Police Team 1-46, Customs Control Team, and Nghe An Customs Department discovered the Hoang Tuan sleeper bus with license plate 75B-00998 traveling on Vinh bypass in Hung Tay commune (Hung Nguyen), so they signaled the vehicle to stop.

Through inspection, the working group discovered that the vehicle contained 58 foreign-made firecrackers (including 40 36-round firecrackers, 8 49-round firecrackers, and 10 9-round firecrackers), with a total weight of 88kg.

Authorities weigh the fireworks confiscated from the passenger bus. Photo: Nguyen Duong

Driver Tran Van Nhan (born in 1977, residing in Xuan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh), vehicle owner Hoang Van Tuan (born in 1989, residing in Dien Thinh commune, Dien Chau) and assistant driver Phan Trong Dung (born in 1988, residing in Dong Thanh commune, Yen Thanh) confessed that the goods were transported by the vehicle company for a customer (name unknown) in Gia Lai to send to Dien Chau district for consumption.

The number of fireworks seized. Photo: Nguyen Duong

According to driver Tran Van Nhan, the customer only told him that when the goods were delivered to Dien Chau, someone would come to receive them, but did not give the name or address of the recipient.

The authorities have drawn up a record to confiscate the fireworks according to the provisions of the law.