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Customs seizes 20 drug-related offences

10:23 | 05/04/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - The General Department of Vietnam Customs, the transportation of drugs via airway has tended to surge in the number of cases and volume of infringing goods.

News routes for transport of contraband cigarettes

14:12 | 17/02/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Contraband cigarettes are transported by cars from HCM City to the Western region, then to the Central region. This is a new route, showing that cigarette smuggling in the country has been complicated and sotisphicated.

Handling 546 cases of customs laws in January 2023

09:57 | 03/02/2023 Anti-Smuggling

VCN – The customs sector handled 546 violation cases of customs laws with the infringing goods worth VND196 billion in January 2023, reported the General Department of Customs on February 1.

Hong Kong customs busts city’s largest sea smuggling case of 2022

17:46 | 29/12/2022 World Customs

Hong Kong Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle to the Chinese mainland various goods worth HK$300 million ($38.22 million), the city’s largest sea smuggling case this year.

7.8kg of suspected MDMA seized

09:04 | 30/11/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Northern Hanoi Customs Branch under Hanoi Customs Department chaired and worked with Hanoi Police to inspect two air shipments.

Valuable experiences from drug cases busted by Customs

06:23 | 19/11/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Many valuable experiences and lessons from drug cases handled by customs units were shared at the conference on experience in anti-smuggling in customs operations last weekend.

Customs seize HK$14m cocaine inside cotton linters, three arrested

15:01 | 19/09/2022 World Customs

Hong Kong Customs arrested three men last week after seizing cocaine with a market value of HK$14 million in two seaborne containers arriving from Brazil.

Cao Bang Customs joins six busts of drug violations

14:17 | 10/09/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - In the first months of the year, there were no outstanding cases of smuggling and illegal transportation of goods through Cao Bang.

Quang Tri Customs destroys more than 32,000 smuggled cosmetic and pharmaceutical products

10:41 | 09/09/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Quang Tri Customs has coordinated with other authorities to destroy 32,430 products of 156 items that are material evidence confiscated due to administrative violations, worth more than VND2.2 billion.

HCMC Customs discovers many new sophisticated tricks to hide drugs

09:59 | 16/08/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - Many new tricks to hide drugs in shipments, especially exports, have been discovered and prevented by the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department (HCMC Customs Department).

French Customs Seize 582 Kilos Of Cocaine In Container From Martinique

19:47 | 15/08/2022 World Customs

French Customs Officers at the port of Marseille have seized 528 kilos of cocaine with an estimated street value of 37 million Euros in a moving container from Martinique.

Preventing drugs in Quang Tri Border Gate

10:26 | 30/07/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - The local customs department has coordinated with other law enforcement forces to bust many drug-use places in the area.

Coast Guard busts drug cases

20:34 | 20/05/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN- According to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Phan Quang Huy, Head of Drug Crime Prevention Department (Coast Guard Command), drug trafficking is increasingly complicated, affecting security, social order and safety.

More than 1,000 violations of customs handled

10:15 | 10/05/2022 Anti-Smuggling

VCN - In April, the Customs sector presided over and worked with other authorities to handle 1,061 violations.

Customs seizes suspected cocaine worth about HK$660,000 at airport

19:50 | 09/05/2022 World Customs

Hong Kong Customs seized about 600 grams of suspected cocaine with an estimated market value of about HK$660,000 at Hong Kong International Airport on May 5.