Long An rewards police, border troops for combating cigarrette smugling
The chairman of Long An province People’s Committee has just commended and rewarded My Quy Tay army border post and Duc Hue district Police Department for their excellent achievements in fighting cigarette smuggling.
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Director of the Department of Industry and Trade Le Minh Duc (C) gives an reward decision to police and army border forces for combating cigarette smuggling in Long An province
My Quy Tay border guard post in Duc Hue district assigned a team to work with Southern Task Force For Drug And Crime Prevention and Fighting, laying in ambush in the border area in My Quy Tay commune, Duc Hue district on December 1, 2017.
Being spotted while transporting illicit cigarette by a minibus, smugglers ran way leaving the vehicle and bags containing 29,400 cigarette packets of Jet and Hero brand names.
The officials seized the entire illegal goods and the minibus to continue investigating.
On December 8, 2017, Duc Hue district Police Department stormed a spot keeping illegal cigarette and seized 60,000 packets of different brand names and three motorbikes.
The standing board of Steering Board 389 proposed the chairman of the provincial People’s Committee to give the two teams awards worth VND20 million each.
By Le Duc – Translated by Kim Chung
