Quảng Ninh police destroy 2.8 tonnes of food

December 06, 2016 - 17:00

Police in the northern Quảng Ninh Province’s Hải Hà District on Tuesday destroyed 2.8 tonnes of food, including plaice and oranges, of which origins were unknown.

As much as 2.8 tonnes of food are destroyed in Quảng Ninh Province on Tuesday as there are no documents showing their place of origin. - VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Hoàng

Viet Nam News

QUẢNG NINH – Police in the northern Quảng Ninh Province’s Hải Hà District on Tuesday destroyed 2.8 tonnes of food, including plaice and oranges, of which origins were unknown.

On Monday afternoon, the traffic police in Hải Hà District’s Quảng Hà Town stopped a truck transporting 1 tonne of plaice in foam boxes from Móng Cái City to Hải Phòng City.

However, truck driver Đỗ Ngọc Tình, 28, a resident of Cẩm Phả City, had no papers to show where the fish was coming from.

On the same day, the police also seized 1.8 tonnes of oranges from a truck on National Highway 18A that was passing through Quảng Hà Town. The driver, Ngô Đức Tâm, 32, said he had been hired to transport the fruits from Móng Cái City to the province, and he did not have any papers indicating their place of origin. -- VNS

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