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Cigarette smuggling burns up Mekong Delta province  

Officials were pleased when tobacco smuggling was hampered by the rainy season - until industrious smugglers turned to using boats on the canals in the Cambodia-bordering province of Long An.

Vo Van Cuong, deputy police chief of Long An's My Quy Dong Commune, Duc Hue District, said traffickers transported the contraband by boats at speeds of 50 kilometers per hour, which is too quick for the underequipped local constabulary.

Though My Quy Dong is a "hot spot" for cigarette smuggling in the Mekong Delta province, commune police have seized only 2,000 packs of cigarettes so far this year.

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