The Customs seized a truck illegally carrying nearly 800 pigeons from China to Vietnam across the border in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's border gate Mong Cai City on Sunday.
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| The Customs seized a truck illegally carrying nearly 800 pigeons from China to Vietnam across the border in northeastern Quang Ninh Province's border gate Mong Cai City on Sunday.— Photo baodatviet |
Nguyen Van Dung, 43, the driver, failed to show legal documents to prove the origin of the pigeons. He admitted that he was hired to transport the pigeons to an unknown person.
The department plans to destroy the seized pigeons.
A live pigeon costs about VND70,000 ($3).