Prevent smuggling at the northeast border gate
Customs seizes nearly 100kg of smuggled rhino horn | |
Long An strictly controls anti-smuggling at end of year |
The competent forces of Check point km 15 – Dan Tien Pier inspect vehicle. Photo: Q.H |
Vehicles sharply decreased
Checkpoint km 15-Dan Tien Pier is located in Hai Tien commune, MongCai City, QuangNinh province, so there is ahigh volume of vehicles carrying goods at risk of smuggling, trade fraud and illegal transportation of goods. Therefore, all vehicles on the National Highway 18A from Mong Cai city inland are strictly controlled by interdisciplinary forces.
Competent forces have coordinated and arrested many cases of illegal transportation of drugs, weapons, support tools, firecrackers, alcohol, cigarettes, cosmetics, kid toys, wildlife products and non-originating goods or infringing intellectual property rights.
Through the observationof Customs News, the volume of vehicles crossing the checkpoint km 15-Dan Tien Pier is as less as current date.
“Previously, the volume of passenger cars crossing the checkpoint was up to 700-800 cars perday, but now it has reduced to 200-300 cars, many fixed-route cars have stopped operation and worked perfunctorily.” Deputy Head of the Check point km 15-Dan Tien Pier Nguyen Duc Hai said.
Hai added that, based on reality and the consumption needs of people, the checkpoint has taken operational measures to closely control the area, including focusing on targeted subjects. Typically, smuggling, trade fraud, illegal transportation of goods; violations on the Law on Road Traffic, the Law on Foreigners’ Entry into, exit from, transit through, and residence in Vietnam, and drug-related crimes.
Vehicles crossing Checkpoint km15 - Dan Tien Pier are fewer in number. Photo: Q.H |
Arrange forces to closely control
Among violations discovered by the checkpoint in recent months, illegal transportation of goods infringing intellectual property, cigarettes, kid toys andmedical masks haveincurred. Notably, the force of the checkpoint has detected many illegal transportation cases of rhino horn.
On July 6, through the inspection of a passenger car with licence plate No. 29B-620.70 drivenby Pham Phi Hung (residing in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh), the competent force discovered a carton containing 850.6 grams of rhino horn, with a total value of VND 850 million.
Previously, on March 23, the competent forces of the checkpoint discovered that Tran Van Quyen (residing in Kien An, Hai Phong) had illegally transported more than 3.1 kg of white rhino horn and black rhino horn with a total value of more than VND 3.1 billion.
According to Hai, it is forecast that in the last months of the year, the goods demand for production and consumption will increase, so the unit is arranging a force to perform the dual-task, implementing operational measures tocombat smuggling, drugs, trade fraud andillegal transportation of goods while preventing and controlling the pandemic. Arranging officers to be on duty 24/7on the National Highway 18A, as well as patrol, supervise, prevent and strictly handle cases of illegal entry and illegal transportation of goods to ensure security, order and safety.
“In some targeted areas, arranging forces to patrol and control publicly; closely inspecting, monitoring and closely control people and means of transport crossing the checkpoint with suspicious signs, and vehicles showing signs of making more partitions to hide smuggled goods to promptly detect, arrest and strictly handle violations," Hai said.
From January 1 to November 15, Checkpoint km15 - Dan Tien Pier discovered and handled 60 cases with 54 suspects, total infringing goods more than VND 4.3 billion, decreasing by 30% in volume and 119% in value year-on-year. Of which, arresting four drug cases with four suspects, seizing 51.045 grams of synthetic drugs , handling 42 administrative violations, imposing a fine of nearly VND 150 million; transferring six cases with six suspects to the MongCai Police for investigation and prosecution. |
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