On the afternoon of September 4, a representative of the Traffic Police Department ( Hanoi City Police) announced the above information. Accordingly, at about 10:50 a.m. on September 3, the working group of Road Traffic Police Team No. 6 led by Major Ha Anh Tuan, on patrol duty on Pham Van Dong Street (Cau Giay District), discovered a truck with license plate 19C-164.XX showing suspicious signs, so they stopped the vehicle for inspection.

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Traffic police inspect a truck carrying 9 tons of moon cakes and other candies. Photo: Dinh Hieu

Upon inspection, the driver was identified as D.MH (born in 1994, residing in Bao Thang district, Lao Cai ). Inspection of the goods on the vehicle revealed a large quantity of moon cakes and other types of candy, with packaging printed in foreign languages. At the time of inspection, the driver could not present documents proving the origin.

Working with the traffic police, Mr. H. confessed that he was transporting food, candy, and moon cakes from Lao Cai to La Phu (Hoai Duc) for sale.

Road Traffic Police Team No. 6 coordinated with the Economic Police Team (Cau Giay District Police) to bring the people and related vehicles to Market Management Team No. 13 to clarify the type, quantity, and origin of the goods.

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At the time of inspection, the driver could not present invoices or documents proving the origin. Photo: Dinh Hieu

Here, the authorities conducted an inspection and recorded: The truck was carrying about 9 tons of candy, food... all with foreign writing (no invoices, sub-labels, no proof of origin). Among them, there were 200 boxes of moon cakes with foreign writing on the packaging.

Lieutenant Colonel Pham Van Chien - Captain of Road Traffic Police Team No. 6 said that the unit will increase patrols and controls to promptly detect and strictly handle cases of transporting goods and food of unknown origin to ensure safety for the people.