Police chased a truck carrying illegal timber at night like an action movie
After several days of undercover investigation, the police discovered a truck suspected of carrying illegal timber and followed it. The chase lasted more than 10km before the driver finally stopped.
At around 3:00 a.m. on January 14, detectives from the Drug and Environmental Crime Investigation Police Team of Bao Lam District Police discovered a suspicious truck with license plate 54M-3111 traveling on National Highway 55 from Binh Thuan province to Lam Dong.
When arriving at the location where the scouts had previously blocked in Loc Nam commune (Bao Lam district), this truck suddenly turned onto the inter-village road.
At this time, the police force followed, the chase lasted more than 10km. When the truck reached the section passing through village 2 (Loc Thanh commune, Bao Lam district), a reconnaissance team was stationed there and asked the driver to get out of the car for inspection.
At this time, the police discovered that the truck was carrying a large amount of wood, but the driver could not produce any relevant documents to prove its origin. At this time, there were 2 people on the truck and they were invited to the police station for questioning.
Binh and Trung were arrested with the evidence. |
Authorities check the illegal timber that was just seized at night. |
At the police station, the driver confessed his name was Nguyen Cong Binh (50 years old) and the other person confessed his name was Tran Quang Trung (31 years old), both living in Bao Lam District (Lam Dong).
Through the inspection of the authorities, on the truck driven by Binh there were 38 boxes and pieces of wood of 2 types: doi and wild mulberry, with a total volume of 4.177 m.3Round timber; of which, 4,012 m3dổi wood... All without valid papers and hammer marks from forest rangers.
According to the initial statement of driver Binh, Tran Quang Trung hired Binh to use a car to transport the wood from the forest bordering Binh Thuan and Lam Dong for sale at a price of 1 million VND.
Currently, all of the above-mentioned exhibits have been recorded and seized by Bao Lam District Police to serve the investigation and clarification of the case.
