The case of 'selling cars' for export: Customs officers and police were arrested for giving bribes

On January 21, the investigative police agency of the Lang Son Provincial Police Department issued a decision to prosecute the accused and to issue arrest warrants for three suspects, including: Le Duc Quynh (residing in Hoang Dong commune, Lang city). Son), Ngo Xuan Truong (Lang Son province customs officer) and Pham Van Hoan (former officer of PC05 Department of Lang Son Provincial Police) to jointly investigate the act of "giving bribes".

All three of these people were identified in connection with a law-making line to bring trucks through Lang Son border gate to China.

Previously, the investigating agency had prosecuted the case and prosecuted 3 defendants for the act of giving and receiving bribes related to the preferential arrangement for export trucks across the Lang Son border for 200-300 million VND. VND/car.

Specifically, the police investigation agency arrested and prosecuted the accused Lam Van Huong (39 years old), Nong Tuan Anh (30 years old), both of whom are officers of the Urban Order Team of Cao Loc district (provincial province of Vietnam). Lang Son), about accepting bribes and Dinh Van Thin (44 years old, from Lang Son city) about giving bribes.

The results of the investigation determined that these defendants took advantage of the congestion of goods at the border gate area of Lang Son province to commit the act of accepting bribes in order to arrange for vehicles to go to the wrong border gate area. regulations.

Specifically, Thin - an import-export "stork" at the border - hooked up with two officers of the Cao Loc District Urban Order Team (who was responsible for handing out order slips at the cargo transshipment yard) to carry out "selling in disguise" for goods vehicles who want to go first for 200-300 million VND/car. Otherwise, the goods vehicles will have to wait 13-14 days before they can clear customs.

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