Police arrested a truck in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City, suspected of transporting illegal drugs.
This vehicle was carrying nearly a ton of illegal fireworks from the Cambodian border to Ho Chi Minh City.
The Criminal Police Department and Ho Chi Minh City police coordinated with Binh Chanh district police to stop the truck with Hanoi license plate, driven by Nguyen Van Tien, 28 years old.
Ho Chi Minh detective service, Authorities discovered nearly 600 boxes of firecrackers, weighing nearly a ton, in bags on the vehicle.
The case is part of the process of expanding the investigation of Nguyen Phuoc Canh, 24 years old, the suspected leader of a smuggled fireworks ring in Saigon.
Canh claimed Tien provided goods to sell during Tet.
The investigation agency determined that Tien transported smuggled fireworks via trucks from Cambodia, bordering Long An province, brought them to Ho Chi Minh City, and handed them over to Canh.
The case continues to be investigated and clarified by Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam private detective @2024.