Arrest of two shipments of smuggled cigarettes and electronics
(Baonghean.vn) - Dien Chau Traffic Police Station has seized two contraband shipments worth over 150 million VND being transported on a passenger bus.
At 1:05 a.m. on August 1, while patrolling National Highway 1A through Dien Hong commune, the working group of Dien Chau Traffic Police Station discovered a passenger car with license plate 18B - 01531 driven by Tang Tien Thinh (born in 1987), residing in Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh, transporting many electronic goods and cigarettes.
Specifically, the vehicle was carrying 180 packs of Hero brand cigarettes, 8 rice cookers, 10 Shapp brand pressure cookers, and 1 foreign-made Panasonic air conditioner. The driver admitted that he was hired to transport them from Quang Tri to Nam Dinh.
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| All goods were seized by authorities. Photo: Van Anh |
One hour later, the Working Group continued to discover passenger bus with license plate 72B - 016.89 driven by Tran Xuan Tien (born in 1969), residing in Quynh Luu district, transporting 46 Toshiba air conditioner condenser gas dividers made abroad.
All of the above goods do not have invoices or documents proving their origin. The total value of the two shipments is over 150 million VND.
Currently, Dien Chau Traffic Police Station is completing the documents to hand over to the authorities for handling according to legal regulations.
