Tay Ninh: Cross-border cracker smuggling increases in run-up to Tet
Tay Ninh (VNA) – Smuggling of firecrackers from Cambodia to Vietnam has
increased considerably during days approaching Tet (Lunar New Year), according
to Tay Ninh Police’s economic police division.
The province’s
police on January 21 caught a 30-year-old man smuggling 10 kilogrammes of
crackers on motorbike from Cambodia to Vietnam.
The man,
residing in Dong Tien hamlet, Tan Dong commune, Tan Chau district, confessed
that he bought crackers from Cambodia and was transporting them to Vietnam for selling.
The case is
under further investigation.
The trans-border
smuggling of crackers from Cambodia to Vietnam often increases during the Tet
festival. Smugglers often transport crackers at night and hide them at home
before selling.
According to
Colonel Le Hong Duong, Deputy Commander of the Tay Ninh Border Guard Command,
on January 7 and 15, the border stations in Ka Tum and Tan Ha, Tan Chau
district, seized dozens of kilogrammes of crackers illegally transported from
Cambodia to Vietnam.