Arrest of subject transporting 50 kg of explosive 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 tractor trailer with license plate 34R - 04037 was found to be suspicious. The task force inspected the vehicle and discovered 2 cardboard boxes with many foreign characters on the top of the car's cabin. Inside the 2 cardboard boxes, there were a total of 48 boxes of fireworks, 36 pieces each, with a total weight of 50 kg.

The driver 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 authority.