Police resolutely suppress crime at the Kien Giang border

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Kien Giang - Ha Tien City is an area with a border with Cambodia. In the days leading up to Lunar New Year, smuggling and crime are becoming more complicated.

Regarding the implementation of the peak period of attacking, suppressing crime, ensuring security and order (ANTT), and protecting the Lunar New Year 2025, Colonel Nguyen Nhat Truong - Deputy Director of Kien Giang Provincial Police - said: According to the annual law, especially in the last months of the year, near the Lunar New Year, many economic and social activities, commodity prices fluctuate, the demand for travel and exchange of goods during the New Year increases. Foreigners and Vietnamese citizens residing abroad enter the locality to visit relatives and travel more. Hostile and reactionary forces take advantage of the situation to sabotage. The activities of all types of crimes will increase, especially crimes of theft, robbery, snatching of property, intentional injury, disturbing public order...

Luc luong Cong an TP Ha Tien trien khai tuan tra dem. Anh: Cong an TP Ha Tien
Ha Tien City Police force deploys night patrol. Photo: Ha Tien City Police

In the first days of the peak period, the Ha Tien City Police (which shares a border with Cambodia) proactively checked key routes, areas, and sectors. Proactively strengthened professional measures combined with promoting propaganda and mobilizing people to raise awareness of law compliance, enhance vigilance, self-defense, self-reconciliation at the grassroots level.

Lieutenant Colonel Lam Minh Hien - Head of Ha Tien City Police - said: The city police have identified the subjects that need to be focused on fighting, and have developed effective plans to fight against all types of crimes. The police force has deployed night patrols to strengthen security and order in the city.

As a result, the police have eliminated 2 gambling dens with 13 subjects; discovered 3 cases of 3 subjects trading in prohibited goods, and temporarily seized 667 packs of smuggled cigarettes. Checked and tested suspicious subjects, the results showed 19 subjects tested positive for drugs; made records and sent 16 subjects to compulsory drug rehabilitation facilities. Patrolled and fined 24 cases of traffic law violations with a total fine of more than 24 million VND. The city police organized 11 public meetings with more than 400 participants to disseminate the law and mobilize people to actively participate in the movement of All people protecting national security. Invited, reformed, and educated 150 subjects with criminal records, law violators, and corrupted teenagers...

Lieutenant Colonel Lam Minh Hien said that with a spirit of effort and high determination, the Ha Tien City Police force will continue to focus on synchronously and drastically implementing measures and solutions to combat and suppress all types of crimes, ensuring that people celebrate the Lunar New Year 2025 happily, safely and healthily.

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