Vietnamese customs officers have seized 58 boxes of smuggled cigarettes in Vietnamese waters, online newspaper vietnamplus.vn (Vietnam News Agency) reported yesterday.

Customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi stated on November 12 that they have stopped two separate incidents of trafficked rhino horns and ivory handicraft products being smuggled into Vietnam.

The Ministry of Public Security on Saturday evening declared that it had arrested two former deputy principals of Dong Do University for “forging in their work”.

Members of the border guards in southern An Giang Province have seized seven tonnes of iron scrap smuggled from Cambodia to Vietnam.

On Saturday, police in Lang Son Province seized 50kg of crayfish being transported in a coach.

Ha Noi Police’s Department of Environment announced the seizure of nearly 3 tonnes of smuggled cow legs and intestines on Sunday.

More than 2,200cu.m of A95 petrol was seized on the water territory of Quang Ngai Province, police announced on Wednesday. The petrol had no customs declaration and authorities suspect it had been smuggled.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Market Management Department of the central province of Quang Nam yesterday seized two tonnes of rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) without clear origin from a truck.

HCM City police on Thursday arrested more than 20 people suspected of involvement in a drug ring led by Van Kinh Duong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi police and market watch department’s inspectors have seized nearly 32,700 dietary supplement products without clear origins.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police and customs officers yesterday (April 22) recovered two suitcases containing elephant tusks and ivories at Noi Bai International Airport in Ha Noi.