11 months, Long An forces 389 seizes nearly 1.7 million packages of smuggled cigarettes

The market management force confiscates cigarettes

Accordingly, in November, the Provincial Border Guard Command organized patrols, discovered and seized 11,200 foreign cigarette packages. Provincial police forces seized 121,550 foreign cigarette packages. Teams of Market Management Department seized 2,361 packages of foreign cigarettes.

The market management force detected and confiscated cigarettes gathered at the market in Ward 1, Tan An City

Particularly, the provincial police forces destroyed a gathering place, where people delivered and received foreign cigarettes on October 30, in hamlet 2, My Binh commune, Duc Hue district. The seized exhibits include 20,000 foreign cigarette packages. Provincial police force also continued to arrest 2 cars transporting foreign cigarettes in hamlets 3 and 4, My Quy Tay commune on October 31 and November 11; the seized exhibits include 26,700 foreign cigarette packages, 2 cars (one 7-seat car and one truck).

Tobacco smuggling is still concentrated on the borderlines of Duc Hue, Tan Hung districts and Kien Tuong towns. Methods and tricks of smugglers often operate at night, from 9 pm to 3 am. In their activity, they always allow people to follow anti-smuggling forces or use means to cumber when they are detected./.

By Mai Huong – Translated by Duc Tam

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