H.ot developments in the case of 4 flight attendants "carrying" banned substances: 78 people were prosecuted, r.evealing sophisticated tricks?

Ho Chi Minh City police have now searched the entire line and prosecuted 78 defendants from the case of 4 Vietnam Airlines flight attendants carrying banned substances through Tan Son Nhat airport, causing a stir in public opinion for a long time.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security, on behalf of the Ministry of Public Security, sent a letter of commendation, praising the achievements of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department in effectively implementing the direction of the Ministry's leadership on the investigation and prosecution of the whole situation. A set of lines of illegal transportation of banned substances from abroad to Vietnam, discovered on March 16 at Tan Son Nhat international airport.

The content of the commendation letter said that the specialized combat force had clarified the methods and tricks of criminals taking advantage of the people's lack of vigilance and postal and express delivery units to transport banned substances.

Thereby, the project has dismantled 20 lines of illegal trading of related banned substances in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong; prosecuted 27 cases, 78 defendants for illegal acts of buying, selling, transporting and storing banned substances, failing to denounce crimes and concealing crimes; seized nearly 50kg of synthetic banned substances and many related exhibits.

Earlier, on the morning of March 16, the Customs Branch of Tan Son Nhat Airport Customs Branch under the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department checked the luggage of a group of 4 Vietnam Airlines flight attendants upon entry from Paris airport (France). ) landed at Tan Son Nhat airport on flight number VN 10.

Determining the suspicion, the Customs force, in collaboration with other authorities, brought 4 flight attendants and their luggage into a separate area for screening and thorough inspection.

Specifically, in 327 tubes of toothpaste (unopened, many different brands, each in a separate paper box) and 17 bottles of mouthwash in the flight attendants' luggage, the functional forces found found 11.4kg of banned substances, including 8,400 grams of gray tablets, 3,080 grams of white powder, all samples were banned.

The group of flight attendants said that when in France, a person asked to "carry" some goods back to the country and paid more than 10 million VND. Due to being too busy with work, they only checked a few tubes of cream and found nothing unusual.

According to Ho Chi Minh City Police, functional forces have clarified the shipment discovered on March 16 because the flight attendants were taken advantage of to transport from France to Vietnam. At the same time, 6 more shipments containing banned substances of all kinds were identified by the same Vietnamese resident in France, using tricks hidden in toothpaste tubes, functional food boxes...

The trick of this group of people is to take advantage of Vietnamese people studying and settling in France who receive international freight consolidation and express delivery services to transport banned substances to Vietnam via Noi Bai International Airport.

Then, they use fast domestic delivery service to deliver these goods to an object in Dong Nai, separate them into separate packages, transported by road, and delivered to objects in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong. Duong to continue to split and consume at many points in Ho Chi Minh City and some other provinces and cities.

"The above acts are not related to the hostesses", the notice of the Ho Chi Minh City Police stated. The police of Ho Chi Minh City said that the tracking process encountered many difficulties because the subjects used many sophisticated countermeasures, using technology delivery services to deliver and receive banned substances.

The Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Bureau advises people and domestic and international express delivery service businesses to raise their vigilance, carefully check sender information and origin of goods received. transportation to avoid being taken advantage of for illegal transportation of banned substances. At the same time, promptly inform the police about the packages of goods with abnormal signs for handling in accordance with regulations.

With the case of 4 flight attendants carrying banned substances from France to Vietnam through the Tan Son Nhat international airport border gate, there are concerns that the release of 4 flight attendants may set a bad precedent because many people can transport banned substances and will say they are unknowing, unknowing, or colluding to escape criminal charges, said Senior Lieutenant Colonel Le Manh Ha:

"No matter what tricks, the objective nature of the cases and cases r.emains unchanged. Responsibilities of the police force and investigation force in cases, clarifying the behavior and developments of the crime so as not to ignore criminals, not unjustly blame innocent people".

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