155 smuggled iphones by air

20:05 | 30/03/2017 Anti-Smuggling Follow english.haiquanonline.com.vn on

VCN - On 29th March 2017, the Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department (General Department of Customs) coordinated with the Noi Bai International Airport Customs Branch (Ha Noi Customs Department) detected and seized Iphones with a total estimated value of over 3 billion vnd from Hong Kong (China) to Noi Bai, Hanoi.

	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

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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.

How did nearly 180 iPhone 7s in a transit shipment "disappear"?

VCN- Right after Apple released its iPhone 7 in the middle of September, 2016, a shipment of ...

Currently, the shipment has been confiscated and the case continues to be investigated for clarification.

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