Thefines amounted to a total of 227.2 billion VND (10 million USD). Some 2,300cars, more than 47,000 motorbikes and hundreds of other vehicles that violatedtraffic laws were seized.
Thepolice confiscated 32,500 driving licences.
Theviolations were related to speeding, driving on the wrong lane, parking in thewrong place, driving under the influence of alcohol and carrying overloaded andoversized goods.
Alongwith traffic violations, the traffic police cooperated with other relevantbodies to unearth more than 200 criminal cases and arrested 250 criminals, includingdrug dealers, robbers, thieves and illegal weapon holders. The police seized10kg of opium, more than 1kg of heroin, 1,500 pills of MethyleneDioxyl-MethamphetAmine and an AK gun,as well as bullets and 550kg of firecrackers.
Besidesthis, the traffic police also discovered 290 cases involving transportation ofillegally imported goods, more than three tonnes of foods without original andsafety certificates and nearly 1,200 cigarette packs.
TheTraffic Police Department has asked the local police to set up plans to ensuretraffic safety during Tet.-VNA