Over 4 tons of undocumented shisha tobacco uncovered en route to Ho Chi Minh City
Saturday, August 12, 2023, 09:47 GMT+7
Authorities in Phu Yen Province, south-central Vietnam intercepted an unregistered shipment of over four metric tons of shisha tobacco found on a truck en route to Ho Chi Minh City, a market surveillance official said on Friday.
At around 9:00 pm on Thursday, at the An My traffic police station, located on National Highway 1 in Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province, the collaboration between a local market monitoring team and the police led to the interception of a truck carrying a Hung Yen Province-registered license plate.
The vehicle, driven by Nguyen Trong Chung, a resident of Hung Yen, was heading for Ho Chi Minh City.
There was a cargo of 12,168 Adalya-branded shisha tobacco boxes, each of which weighed 250 grams and was labeled as “Made in Turkey.”
The cumulative weight of the shipment was 4,056 kilograms.
While Chung declared himself as the custodian of the mentioned merchandise, he was unable to present any invoices or documents substantiating the legitimacy of the consignment.
In response, the team of market surveillance and police officers confiscated the entire shisha tobacco shipment and all relevant documents of the truck for appropriate legal measures.
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