Authorities caught smuggling over 7 billion VND across the border.

Officers at the Long Binh Border Gate Border Guard Station are counting the seized money.

The incident, which shows signs of the crime of "illegally transporting currency across the border," occurred in Khanh Binh commune ( An Giang province).

Specifically, at approximately 8:30 AM on November 22nd, a task force from the Long Binh Border Gate Border Guard Station, in coordination with the Anti-Drug and Crime Task Force/An Giang Provincial Border Guard Command and the Southern Anti-Drug and Crime Task Force, conducted patrol and control duties in Thanh Phu hamlet, Khanh Binh commune.

Through this investigation, it was discovered that Mr. Nguyen Van Chau (born in 2000), residing in An Phu district, An Giang province (now Nhon Hoi commune, An Giang province), was illegally transporting currency across the border.

At the time of the arrest, Mr. Chau was transporting a cardboard box sealed with tape, walking from the rural road in Thanh Phu hamlet along a trail down to the Hau River bank (about 30m from the riverbank).

Upon inspection, the cardboard box contained three black packages, inside which were stacks of Vietnamese Dong banknotes of various denominations (the authenticity of which has not yet been determined), with a total value exceeding 7 billion Dong.

Mr. Chau confessed that the money was given to him by Mr. Sen (a Cambodian national, full name unknown) to use his boat to go to Mr. 7 Phu's mango orchard (Thanh Phu hamlet, Khanh Binh commune) to receive it from another person (full name unknown, living in Cambodia).

The purpose was to transport the goods to Cambodia for Mr. Sen, but while en route down the Hau River to be smuggled into Cambodia, they were discovered and seized by border guards.

The task force proceeded to draw up a report documenting the arrest of Nguyen Van Chau in the act of "illegally transporting currency across the border," and temporarily seized related evidence and vehicles for further investigation.

The incident is currently under investigation and being handled by the authorities.

Text and photos: TIEN VINH

Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/bat-qua-tang-vu-van-chuyen-tien-hon-7-ty-dong-qua-bien-gioi-a468647.html