On October 18th, customs officers at Noi Bai International Airport, in coordination with Hanoi’s Economic Crime Investigation Police (Unit 6) and the airport’s border police, discovered a male foreign passenger hiding approximately 7 kg of suspected gold while going through customs upon arrival from a flight from Hong Kong.
At around 9:30 AM, during routine customs procedures for passengers arriving at Terminal 2, the customs inspection team noticed suspicious behavior from the passenger. Upon further investigation, officers found seven metal bars hidden on his person—five around his waistband and two inside the soles of his shoes.
The passenger admitted he was hired to transport the gold from Hong Kong to Vietnam and was promised a fee of 100 Hong Kong dollars per bar upon successful delivery. He was instructed that someone would meet him outside Noi Bai Airport to collect the gold.
The case has been handed over to Hanoi’s Economic Crime Investigation Police for further investigation and legal proceedings.
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