Mekong buses * Vietnam - Notorious for smuggling and accidents
HCM City,Vietnam -Look at Vietnam -11 Aug 2009: -- Soon after departing the station, a bus carrying passengers en route from southern An Giang Province to Can Tho City pulls over and stops at a secluded house... The driver jumps out and begins to load two sacks of illegal cigarettes onto the vehicle as the passengers look on in confusion... The scenario is a common one on the 115-kilometer stretch of National Road 91 connecting the border province of An Giang to Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta... Buses along the route are notorious for transporting cigarettes smuggled from Cambodia, often while passengers are onboard... According to authorities, most of the vehicles are high-quality 16-seaters belonging to the private Phuoc Sanh Company... The buses are also infamous for speeding and carrying more passengers than allowed, which has led to a number of recent accidents in which people have been injured and even killed... (Photo: Police search a bus owned by the private Phuoc Sanh Company carrying smuggled goods on June 18)Labels: illegal services
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