Lines of cars on Phap Van Expressway on February 20, the fifth day of the first lunar month (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Traffic police nationwide steppedup cracking down on traffic rule and law offences from January 16 to February15 and ensured traffic safety and social order during the seven-day Lunar NewYear holiday (Tet).
According to the Traffic Police Department underthe Ministry of Public Security, the numbers of traffic accidents, deaths andinjured people declined compared to the same month-long crackdown for 2017 Tet.
Notably, traffic congestion before, during andafter Tet was improved, the department noted, adding that police handled morethan 327,100 traffic rule violation cases in the month.
They also uncovered 586 cases of criminal,economic and environmental law offences, detaining 343 suspects and seizing 57heroin bricks, 20kg of marijuana, over 5kg of drugs of different kinds, over77,600 smuggled cigarette packets, over 3 tonnes of firecrackers, and manyother types of smuggled goods worth over 6 billion VND (263,400 USD).
Particularly, along the National Highway 1Asection from northern Lang Son to southern Dong Nai provinces, traffic policedealt with more than 30,200 traffic rule offences and discovered 142 criminallaw violation cases.
During the month, traffic police also activelymade working plans with regard to local situations, carried out communicationactivities, gave advice to local authorities, increased patrols, and mobilisedcivil forces’ engagement in crime prevention, helping to ensure traffic safetyand social order for Tet, the Traffic Police Department added.-VNA
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