More than 200 subjects of gambling and prostitution were handled.

On the afternoon of March 30, Vinh City People's Committee held a summary of the peak period of crime suppression, firecracker violations prevention and traffic safety assurance during the 2018 Lunar New Year.

Vinh City Police report on the results of crime prevention and firecracker violations during Tet. Photo: Hong Quang

According to the report at the conference, during the 2018 Mau Tuat New Year, the situation of setting off firecrackers in Vinh City still occurred in many wards and communes such as: Quan Bau, Dong Vinh, Doi Cung, Hung Phuc, Le Loi, Nghi Phu, Hung Dong, Hung Loc and Nghi An.

There were 3 people injured by firecrackers, an increase of 2 people, accounting for 20% of the whole province.

Vinh City Police arrested 60 cases, 79 subjects illegally buying, selling, transporting and manufacturing fireworks, 61 subjects setting off fireworks. Thereby, they seized 1.3 tons of various types of fireworks and 14 kg of fireworks powder. An increase of 27 cases, 37 subjects and 704 kg of fireworks compared to the Dinh Dau Tet holiday 2017.

The police force has investigated and clarified 48 cases, 56 subjects of crimes against social order, recovered assets worth over 500 million VND, arrested 16 subjects with arrest warrants; 73 cases, 78 subjects of drug crimes, seized 402 grams of heroin, 1.2 kg of crystal meth.

Vinh City Police arrested a case of transporting 543 kg of firecrackers. Photo: Archive

The police also arrested 68 cases, 234 subjects of gambling, prostitution, confiscated nearly 600 million VND and proved the gambling amount was over 50 billion VND.

At the same time, 54 violations in the fields of economic and environmental management were detected and handled, and goods of all kinds worth over 1.2 billion VND were seized.