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Smuggling on the Quang Ninh border is expected to increase and develop complicatedly
21/11/2022

During the Lunar New Year, smuggling and illegal transportation of goods across the Quang Ninh border have somewhat subsided, but since the full moon of the first lunar month until now, this activity has gradually "heated up" and is forecasted. will increase, with complicated developments in the second quarter of 2015.

Analysis from the Prevention of Smuggling and Handling of Violations, Quang Ninh Customs Department said that in the first quarter of 2015, Quang Ninh province emerged with activities of gathering and transporting cigarettes and cosmetics. , children's toys, consumables in bulk.

The subjects took advantage of the night and dawn to load goods from the riverside of the border with China onto iron boats or hire Cuu ten thousand to transport small items across the river and then gather scattered along the river, trails, border bushes. The Vietnamese side is waiting for the opportunity to load up the motorbike and transport it inland for consumption.

Notably, the situation of illegal drug trafficking and transportation is complicated, potentially increasing the risk. Mong Cai city continues to be one of the "hot" areas for drug crimes in recent times.

The transportation was strictly organized, very aggressive and reckless. The new subjects being exploited are women with long-term addictions, criminal records, involved in transporting large quantities at any time of the day when given the opportunity. There have been many cases of drug transport in large quantities detected and arrested by the functional forces in the first quarter of 2015.

In addition, the smuggling of coal, minerals, and petroleum on the sea route tends to decrease due to a sharp decrease in China's consumption demand. Notably, recently, the tricks of smugglers have reappeared using high-speed speedboats to transport smuggled foreign cigarettes and alcohol from China to the interior.

Actively deploying crime prevention work, in the first quarter of 2015, Quang Ninh Customs Department detected and arrested 92 smuggling cases, with the value of infringing goods being 3.68 billion VND. Detecting and arresting 9 cases of illegal transportation of narcotics by 10 subjects, exhibits including over 49.1 kg of synthetic drugs and 3.5 kg of heroin (in which, the customs force presided over the discovery of drugs). , arrested 7 cases with 7 subjects, seized exhibits including over 31.4 kg of synthetic drugs and 3.5 kg of heroin).

Entering the beginning of the second quarter of 2015, the situation of smuggling and fraud in the area of ​​​​the management of Quang Ninh Customs is "heating" gradually. Smuggling activities mainly focus on a few items: cigarettes, foreign alcohol, cosmetics, food products, children's toys, cosmetics, mobile phones, clothes... center in Mong Cai city and surrounding area.

Quang Ninh Customs Department said it will focus on research, analysis, and timely grasp the situation, location, tricks and behaviors of smugglers. On that basis, organize the fight, timely prevent and advise the General Department of Customs and local authorities to direct the prevention of smuggling, illegal cross-border transportation of goods, and commercial fraud. ... effective.

 

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source: General Department of Customs