Illustrative image (Photo: dantri) HCM City (VNA) – Ho ChiMinh City’s market surveillance officials and police on March 3 seized onemillion medical masks of unknown origin at a warehouse on Luong The Vinh Streetin Tan Phu district.
An official from the inspectionteam said that 400 boxes containing the masks were prepared to be loaded onto abus to be sold abroad.
He said that after a period ofmonitoring, the team from HCM City’s Department of Market Surveillance cooperatedwith HCM City Police’s Economic Crime, Corruption and Smuggling Police Divisionon March 3 evening to check the warehouse.
He said among the seized masks,there were nine different types, all of unknown origin, and no invoices for theproducts.
Initially, the smugglersadmitted purchasing the medical masks in the country, collecting them at thewarehouse, then loading them onto a bus for sale abroad.
Further investigation isunderway.
Meanwhile, police in the MekongDelta province of An Giang have discovered two gangs smuggling face masks fromVietnam to Cambodia, seizing approximately 36,000 items.
Tran Tan Loi, head of the VinhXuong International Border Gate Customs Sub-Department, said the sub-departmenthas cooperated with border forces to bust a smuggling ring in Tan Chau township.
At 7.10pm on March 3, thepolice were patrolling a trail in the town when they found suspect packagescontaining 320 boxes of face masks. The police seized the masks.
Previously, on March 2, customsofficials of the Tinh Bien International Border Gate Customs Sub-Departmentpulled over a motorbike transporting boxes across the border withoutdeclaration. As many as 40 boxes of face masks were seized.
The motorbike driver, named SamNang, a Cambodian national, failed to show legal papers proving the origin ofthe products. He said he was hired to transport the cargo from Vietnam toCambodia./.
An official from the inspectionteam said that 400 boxes containing the masks were prepared to be loaded onto abus to be sold abroad.
He said that after a period ofmonitoring, the team from HCM City’s Department of Market Surveillance cooperatedwith HCM City Police’s Economic Crime, Corruption and Smuggling Police Divisionon March 3 evening to check the warehouse.
He said among the seized masks,there were nine different types, all of unknown origin, and no invoices for theproducts.
Initially, the smugglersadmitted purchasing the medical masks in the country, collecting them at thewarehouse, then loading them onto a bus for sale abroad.
Further investigation isunderway.
Meanwhile, police in the MekongDelta province of An Giang have discovered two gangs smuggling face masks fromVietnam to Cambodia, seizing approximately 36,000 items.
Tran Tan Loi, head of the VinhXuong International Border Gate Customs Sub-Department, said the sub-departmenthas cooperated with border forces to bust a smuggling ring in Tan Chau township.
At 7.10pm on March 3, thepolice were patrolling a trail in the town when they found suspect packagescontaining 320 boxes of face masks. The police seized the masks.
Previously, on March 2, customsofficials of the Tinh Bien International Border Gate Customs Sub-Departmentpulled over a motorbike transporting boxes across the border withoutdeclaration. As many as 40 boxes of face masks were seized.
The motorbike driver, named SamNang, a Cambodian national, failed to show legal papers proving the origin ofthe products. He said he was hired to transport the cargo from Vietnam toCambodia./.
VNA
