Disguised as selling fruit to illegally transport firecrackers

On the morning of May 28, the Nghi Loc District Police Department announced that it had successfully broken up a case to eliminate a ring of illegal firecrackers trading and transporting from Quang Tri to Nghe An; arresting two suspects: Doan Van Ty (born in 1992), residing in Huong Phung Commune, Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri Province, and Nguyen Truong Khanh (born in 1983), residing in Cam An Commune, Cam Lo District, Quang Tri Province.

Accordingly, recently, Nghi Loc District Police identified a number of subjects in Quang Tri province who were trading fruits between provinces to Nghe An province to find sources to sell fireworks. Faced with that situation, Nghi Loc District Police leaders established Project 518P to investigate and clarify the situation.

Two suspects with evidence of the case. Photo: Khanh Linh

The authorities soon established two suspects. At 1 p.m. on May 27, on the road along Lam River, in Nghi Xuan Commune, Nghi Loc District, the Investigation Committee mobilized two working groups with the Traffic Police force of Dien Chau Traffic Police Station to inspect the car with license plate 74C - 041.73, driven by Doan Van Ty.

After unloading some fruit from the truck, authorities discovered 23 cardboard boxes containing 630kg of foreign-made firecrackers.

At the investigation agency, Doan Van Ty confessed to transporting the above firecrackers for Nguyen Truong Khanh to Nghe An to deliver to customers for a fee of 8 million VND.

Expanding the investigation, Nghi Loc District Police urgently arrested Nguyen Truong Khanh, who is residing in Cua Lo Town.

Nguyen Truong Khanh also confessed that through business relationships in Laos and Thailand, Khanh knew that fireworks were cheap there. Therefore, Khanh connected and bought fireworks in many ways, brought them back to Quang Tri to hide and find a source to sell for profit.

Through social networks, Khanh met a man named Hung who wanted to buy fireworks. After agreeing on the quantity of fireworks as well as the transaction location, Khanh hired Doan Van Ty to transport the goods to Nghi Loc, Nghe An for sale. However, before the transaction could be completed, Khanh was discovered and arrested by the authorities.

Currently, the Nghi Loc District Police Investigation Agency is completing the case file to handle the subjects according to the provisions of law.