Vietnam Seizes Dried Tamarind Shipments Suspected of Being Smuggled
Vietnam seized four tons of dried tamarind suspected of being smuggled through a district bordering with Cambodia, the state-run CustomsNews reported June 24. An anti-smuggling team working with local police discovered the goods while inspecting a fruit barn in the…
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Tinh Bien district. The team found 400 boxes of dried tamarind from a foreign country, CustomsNews said. The barn's owner did not have the boxes' invoices and documents proving their origin, though he said he bought them in the Xuan Hoa hamlet. The anti-smuggling team verified this was not the case, and turned the case over to the Tinh Bien District Police for additional investigation.