Prosecution of cross-border livestock smuggling case
(Baonghean.vn) - On March 22, the Nam Can International Border Guard Station (Nghe An Border Guard) said that the unit has just issued a decision to prosecute a case of cross-border smuggling and handed over the case to the Ky Son District Police to continue investigating and handling according to the provisions of law.
Previously, at 10:15 p.m. on March 15, at the Heaven Gate area of Tien Tieu village, Nam Can commune, Ky Son district, the working group of Nam Can International Border Gate Border Guard Station, co-chaired by Ky Son district police, coordinated with Nam Can International Border Gate Customs Branch to discover Mr. Nguyen Hung Son (born in 1964), residing in Nghia Hop commune, Tan Ky district (Nghe An) transporting 17 live cows without import and quarantine documents as prescribed.
The working group invited Mr. Nguyen Hung Son to the Nam Can International Border Gate Border Guard Station for clarification.
Through investigation and verification: Around the beginning of March 2024, Mr. Nguyen Hung Son left the country for Laos, went to a livestock farm to buy 17 dairy cows (culled) and contacted and negotiated with a subject to transport them by unofficial route across the border at a cost of 1,000,000 Kip (Lao)/cow.
On March 15, Mr. Son hired a truck from a Laotian to transport 17 purchased cows to Din Dam village, Noong Het Tay village cluster, Noong Het district, Xieng Khouang province and hired a Laotian to lead them along a trail across the border to Vietnam. When they arrived at the above location, the authorities discovered and arrested them.
According to Mr. Nguyen Hung Son, the purpose of buying the above cows is to import to slaughterhouses in the northern provinces./.
