On the evening of March 13, information from Lao Cai province said that the police caught Sam Van Cong and 3 other people involved in illegally buying, selling, and storing military weapons, seizing many dangerous weapons such as guns, grenades, bullet casings, knives, swords, etc.

Specifically, through monitoring and professional measures, Lao Cai Provincial Police discovered that Sam Van Cong, born in 2000, residing in Tan An commune, Van Ban district, created many fake "nicks" on Facebook to post images and videos advertising the sale of weapons and support tools such as: military guns, military bullets, hunting guns, knives, swords...

At around 6:00 p.m. on March 12, in Tan An commune, Van Ban district (Lao Cai province), the Investigation Security Department, Lao Cai Provincial Police coordinated with Van Ban District Police to deploy forces to arrest Sam Van Cong and 3 related subjects for the acts of: "Illegal manufacture, storage, use, and trading of military weapons" and "Illegal storage of explosives".

The seized evidence included 1 military gun, 1 hunting gun, 1 ammunition box, 5 grenades (the contents have not been checked, the subject confessed to using them to display "likes" and sell), 83 bullets of various types, 1,000 bullet casings, 34kg of bullet heads and bullet casings of various types, 7 bags of snake bodies containing brown plastic with a total weight of 7kg suspected to be explosives and many tools for making bullets (the subject confessed to using bullet casings, explosives and the above materials to make bullets). In addition, the police also discovered and seized 73 knives and swords of various types...

During the initial investigation, Sam Van Cong confessed to buying and selling weapons and explosives via social networks with many people.

VAN PHUC