Police seize 84 kg of firecrackers being smuggled from Laos to Vietnam

Customs officials said they stopped a suspicious car at Lao Bao international border gate and conducted a search, discovering nearly 84 kg of firecrackers concealed within two doors and in the floor of the car.

The two suspects named Nguyen Huu Nghi, 29, from Quang Binh, and Tran Canh Phuc, 20,  from Quang Tri confessed to having purchased the firecrackers in Savannakhet province, Laos before transporting them to Vietnam for sale. Further investigation into the incident is underway.

Since the beginning of the year, police at Lao Bao International border gate in Quang Tri province have uncovered four cases of smugglers attempting to illegally transport nearly 200 kg of firecrackers over border.