'Raid' on warehouse seized hundreds of laughing gas cylinders
Hundreds of laughing gas cylinders hidden by the subject in a warehouse in Yen Hoa ward, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, were discovered and confiscated by the Economic Police Department, Hanoi City Police in coordination with Hanoi Market Management and the Economic Police Team, Cau Giay District Police.
On the evening of October 14, a working group of the Economic Police Department, Hanoi City Police, in coordination with Mobile Market Management Team No. 17, Economic Police Team, Cau Giay District Police, raided and inspected a warehouse located at the end of lane 165, Cau Giay Street. Here, the authorities discovered that the warehouse had been rented by a subject and hidden hundreds of N20 laughing gas cylinders.
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Authorities checked the number of laughing gas cylinders hidden by Pham Van Tuan (standing in the middle). |
At the time of inspection, in the warehouse above, there was only one employee, Tran Van Co (born in 1994 in Me Linh district, Hanoi), who was preparing to load laughing gas cylinders onto a motorbike to deliver to customers. In addition to a large number of laughing gas cylinders, this warehouse also contained many balloons used to serve laughing gas users. Notably, in the warehouse there was also an electronic scale system and equipment used to decant laughing gas.
During the investigation, Tran Van Co confessed that he was hired by his boss, Pham Van Tuan (born in 1993 in Chuong My district, Hanoi), to look after and transport these laughing gas cylinders to deliver to customers. Each month, Tuan paid Co 10 million VND.
Pham Van Tuan confessed to buying a large quantity of laughing gas cylinders to sell to bars and karaoke bars in Hanoi. Although he knew that trading in laughing gas was illegal, Tuan still violated the law because of the high profits. To avoid detection by the police, Tuan rented a warehouse deep in lane 165 Cau Giay and hid the goods. Every time Co transported laughing gas for sale, it was carefully disguised to avoid others discovering that it was laughing gas cylinders.
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A large quantity of laughing gas cylinders hidden in a warehouse was discovered and seized by authorities. |
The Commander of the Economic Police Department said: Implementing the direction of the Hanoi City Party Committee, Hanoi People's Committee and the Party Committee, the City Police Department's Board of Directors, the unit has strengthened the inspection, detection and strict handling of illegal business activities and use of laughing gas in the city.
After a period of reconnaissance and ambush, the coordinating units identified the location where the goods were gathered, hundreds of laughing gas cylinders were hidden, and developed a plan to inspect and handle the case. In the coming time, the unit will continue to strengthen inspections, promptly detect and strictly handle violators, contributing to stopping the supply of laughing gas to bars and karaoke bars in the city.
