Caught red-handed a long-distance bus assistant possessing contraband
(Baonghean.vn) - Nguyen Van Muoi was a co-driver for a long-distance bus running the North-South route. Muoi bought 1,500 packs of cigarettes for nearly 25 million VND and then transported them to the North to sell for profit.
At about 10:30 a.m. on October 5, on National Highway 1A in Hamlet 5, Dien An Commune, Dien Chau Traffic Police Station (Traffic Police Department, Nghe An Province) discovered and caught a subject red-handed for the act ofpossession of prohibited goods.
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The contraband was hidden in the trunk of a long-distance bus. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
That is Nguyen Van Muoi (born 1983), residing in Nam Dinh province, working as a driver assistant for a long-distance bus running the North-South route. Muoi bought 1,500 packs of cigarettes from a woman in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri province for nearly 25 million VND and then transported them to the North to sell for profit.
The authorities seized 500 packs of Jet brand cigarettes and 1,000 packs of Hero brand cigarettes. The task force drew up a record of the crime and transferred the suspect and the evidence to the Investigation Police Department of Dien Chau District Police for handling in accordance with the law.
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Nguyen Van Muoi and the evidence. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
Article 191 of the Penal Code stipulates:
1. Anyone who stores or transports prohibited goods in one of the following cases, if not falling under the cases specified in Articles 232, 234, 239, 244, 246, 249, 250, 253, 254, 304, 305, 306, 309 and 311 of this Code, shall be subject to a fine of from VND 50,000,000 to VND 300,000,000 or imprisonment from 06 months to 03 years:
a) Plant protection drugs that the State prohibits from trading, circulation, or use from 50 kilograms to less than 100 kilograms or from 50 liters to less than 100 liters;
b) Smuggled cigarettes from 1,500 packs to less than 3,000 packs;
c) Fireworks from 06 kilograms to under 40 kilograms;
d) Other goods that the State prohibits from trading, circulation, or use, with a value from VND 100,000,000 to under VND 300,000,000, or illegal profits from VND 50,000,000 to under VND 200,000,000;
d) Goods not yet permitted for circulation or use in Vietnam with a value from VND 200,000,000 to under VND 500,000,000 or illegal profits from VND 100,000,000 to under VND 300,000,000;
e) Goods below the levels specified in points a, b, c, d and dd of this clause but have been administratively sanctioned for one of the acts specified in this article or in one of articles 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196 and 200 of this Code or have been convicted of one of these crimes, have not had their criminal records expunged and still commit violations.
