Blue plate car disguised as ambulance carrying illegal timber

Driver Hoang Xuan Tien said he bought the blue-plate car from a government agency, then disguised it to look like an ambulance, and designed it to transport illegal timber for hire.

The ambulance with blue license plate carrying illegal timber was temporarily detained. Photo: Le Trung

On the morning of December 29, Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Minh Tai - Deputy Head of Traffic Police Team No. 2 (under the Traffic Police Department, PC67 of Quang Nam Provincial Police) said that the patrol force of the team had just caught a vehicle with a blue license plate disguised as an ambulance transporting illegal timber on the night of December 28.

According to the incident report, at around 7:30 p.m. on December 28, while patrolling the Ho Chi Minh Highway, the authorities discovered a suspicious car at Km 1398+300 in Phuoc My Commune, Phuoc Son District, Quang Nam.

When the traffic police car approached to check, a group of people suddenly scattered, leaving only three people in the car.

Through inspection, it was found that the ambulance-shaped car with blue license plate 31A-0242 was carrying 3 2m long Doi Huong wooden planks.

Driver Hoang Xuan Tien (24 years old, residing in Dak Glei district, Kon Tum province) was unable to present legal documents for the vehicle and the wood.

The camouflaged car had black tape on its windows to avoid detection by the authorities. Photo: Le Trung

Driver Tien confessed to buying the wood from a local resident and transporting it for sale. The blue-plate car was purchased from an agency.

Lieutenant Tai said the driver had disguised the car as an ambulance, with black tape covering the outside of the windows and iron frames placed inside to make the car stronger.

Traffic Police Team No. 2 has made a record of the incident and transferred the file to Phuoc Son District Police to further investigate the origin of the blue-plate vehicle and the illegal timber.

Captain Le Minh Hai - deputy head of the criminal, economic and drug team of Phuoc Son district police said that the investigation agency is checking the original documents of the car./.

According to tuoitre