155 smuggled iphones by air
Prosecute the case of 180 Apple Iphone 7 | |
Seized illegal shipment of about 8 billion VND in Moc Bai border gate | |
8 unknown origin IPhone 7 phones seized |
Exhibits of the smuggling case |
The above shipment was detained by the Customs force in the morning of 29th March 2017 when checking registered luggage on a flight from Hong Kong to Noi Bai, Hanoi. Functional force detected 3 bags with card number HX 480149; HX 480150; HX480151 of passenger Vu Thi Phuong, passport number N1689036 with suspect signs.
Then, the functional force conducted physical inspections and discovered 80 red iphone 7 plus of 128 gb, 20 iphone 6s plus all kinds and 5 iphone 7 of 128gb. Total number is 155 iphones.
At the time of inspection, the owner of the shipment - Ms Vu Thi Phuong could not show the invoices, vouchers or related documents for the shipment. Moreover, the estimated value of the shipment is more than 3 billion vnd. These are import goods which must have import license of the Ministry of Information and Communications.
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Currently, the shipment has been confiscated and the case continues to be investigated for clarification.
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