Arrest of subject transporting 50 kg of fireworks on a tractor trailer

Accordingly, at about 2:50 a.m. on October 18, the Con Cuong District Police Working Group coordinated with the Dien Chau Traffic Police Station under the Traffic Police Department of Nghe An Provincial Police to inspect tractor-trailers on National Highway 1A in Dien Hong Commune, Dien Chau District.

During the inspection, the truck with license plate 34R - 04037 was found to be suspicious. The task force inspected the vehicle and discovered two cardboard boxes with many foreign characters on them on the top of the truck's cabin. Inside the two cardboard boxes, there were a total of 48 boxes of fireworks, 36 pieces each, weighing 50 kg.

The driver of the car is Nguyen Van Duong (born in 1976), residing in Lien Son hamlet, Thanh Lien commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province. Duong confessed that he bought the fireworks at Lao Bao International Border Gate, Quang Tri province to sell for profit.

Con Cuong District Police made a record of the incident, took the driver's statement, completed initial procedures and handed it over to Dien Chau Traffic Police Station under Nghe An Province Traffic Police Department for handling according to their authority.