Quang Ninh’s ‘Huge’ Smuggling Case: Suspension of 6 Customs Officials | News



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On December 25, information from the General Customs Department said that while awaiting the official conclusion from the authorities, the Quang Ninh Province Customs Department issued a decision to suspend 15 working days for 6 civil servants. officials, including Mr. Do Xuan Hien, Director; with 5 subordinate officers, including 1 deputy director; Team leader and 3 officers from the Bac Phong Sinh Customs (Hai Ha, Quang Ninh), to examine responsibilities and attend the investigation of the smuggling of 500 tons of goods through official routes at the border gates.

Previously, on December 24, the CSDT agency of the Ministry of Public Security said it had issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the defendants and execute a search warrant, arrest and detain 10 suspects in a large smuggling line. stopover in the area. Phong Sinh northern border area.

Among the 10 defendants, Dao Van Chap (aka Cuong “Ha”, 51, lives in Ward 4, P.Ka Long, Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh) and his wife is Pham Thi Ha (53 , who lives in Q Hoang Mai, Hanoi) were prosecuted for “smuggling” in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of article 188 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Besides the husband and wife “Ha”, among the rest of the subjects, there were also 2 children, Dao Tuan Duy (28 years old); Dao Manh Duc (25 years old), resides in the Hoang Mai district (Hanoi).

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Hundreds of tons of contraband goods were arrested at the Bac Phong Sinh border gate

As Youth It reported that, on the night of December 17, on the morning of December 18, the Department of Investigation of Crimes of Economic Corruption and Smuggling of the Ministry of Public Security (C03) presided over and coordinated with the Department of Cybersecurity and Crime Prevention High Technology (A05). , The A06 Technical and Professional Department (Ministry of Public Security), the Capital Mobile Police Regiment and the Quang Ninh Provincial Police discovered a large number of products of unknown origin in the border area of ​​Bac Phong Sinh and many vehicles. The large size contains hundreds of tons of goods that have been cleared through the official border gate of Bac Phong Sinh, but carriers and drivers are unable to present customs clearance documents or proof of origin of the goods.
The functional forces have controlled more than 30 people in the place, seized more than 300 tons of goods of all kinds. Among them, C03 identifies Dao Van Chap as the main suspect.

Extending the investigation, the competent forces searched the related warehouses, where documents were hidden in Hung Yen, Hanoi … and seized about 200 tons of goods, 20 container trucks and trucks. types.

Currently, C03 continues to investigate, expand and register the contraband warehouses of this line in other provinces and cities of the country. At the same time, the investigation clarifies the responsibility of the competent forces at the border gate to leak a large amount of contraband goods every day.

According to a C03 leader, to destroy this smuggling line led by Dao Van Chap, the reconnaissance under C03 and the professional units of the Ministry of Public Security spent almost a year monitoring and collecting documents. stay involved with many difficulties; There was a time to prepare a plan to destroy but information was leaked and must be postponed.



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