More information about the trafficking ring of more than half a ton of firecrackers

In the early morning of October 23, Yen Thanh District Police (Nghe An) presided over and coordinated with Ngoc Hoi District Police, Kon Tum Province to discover a case of trafficking in large quantities of banned goods, arrested Truong Thanh Quy (born in 1990), residing in Ngoc Hoi District, Kon Tum Province for trading in banned goods, and seized 551.8 kg of various types of firecrackers.

Subject Truong Thanh Quy with evidence. Photo: Duc Vu

The above firecrackers were seized by the police at a warehouse rented by Quy in Kon Tum province. To avoid detection, Quy changed his name when completing the procedures to rent the warehouse to store the firecrackers.

During the process of hiding the fireworks, Quy hired workers to make the warehouse entrance doors with 2-layer iron doors, without any openings, and installed a surveillance camera system.

At the investigation agency, Quy confessed that he bought fireworks from Laos and Cambodia in Kon Tum province and then gathered them in a warehouse. When someone asked to buy them, he tried every way to sell them for profit.

Subject Truong Thanh Quy with evidence. Photo: Duc Vu

Previously, on September 30, 2022, in Tan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, Yen Thanh district police presided over and coordinated with the Criminal Police Department, Nghe An Provincial Police, Market Management Team No. 11, Nghe An Market Management Department to arrest two subjects Vo Van Linh (born in 1992) and Le Van Thong (born in 1994), both residing in Tan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, for trading in prohibited goods, confiscating 60kg of fireworks and 1 car used to transport fireworks.

During the investigation and expansion of the case, Yen Thanh District Police determined that Thong and Linh bought the above firecrackers from Kon Tum province, then transported them to Yen Thanh district to gather and then divided them into small pieces for sale.

The person behind the sale of firecrackers to Thong and Linh is Truong Thanh Quy, residing in Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province. He is the ringleader, specializing in supplying firecrackers to many people in the northern provinces, including many people in Yen Thanh district (Nghe An).

Currently, Yen Thanh District Police are temporarily detaining the subjects, continuing to investigate and handle them according to the law./.