Authorities crack down on illegal gold smuggling from China
VOV.VN - The Border Guard Command of Lao Cai province on September 12 announced that they have dismantled a smuggling ring illegally transporting gold bars from China into Vietnam, through the Lao Cai international road border gate.
Authorities arrested on September 4 arrested four Vietnamese individuals at the Lao Cai international border gate area, seizing 9 rectangular gold pieces which measure 5.5cm long and 3.8cm wide each.
The four individuals are of a group that regularly transports goods from China to Vietnam through Lao Cai international border gate in exchange for money. They confessed to transporting the gold bars at the request of a Chinese woman from China to Vietnam, earning VND100,000 per gold piece.
According to the Forensic Science Institute under the Ministry of Public Security, all confiscated gold bars totaling 2,533.2 grams in weight were nearly pure, with an average gold content of 99.95%.
The Border Guard Command of Lao Cai has decided to initiate criminal proceedings for further investigation.
Police bust huge transnational gold smuggling ring
VOV.VN - The police have broken up a huge gold smuggling ring from Cambodia to Vietnam, said Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam.
