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1 more arrested in fake drivers’ license case
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The Can Tho city police yesterday arrested one more member of a major gang that allegedly sold more than forged 600 driver’s licenses in several Mekong Delta provinces.

Nguyen Ba Cong belonged to Bac Ninh Province north of Hanoi but lived in Binh Duong, they said.

In May they had arrested five other members -- Ngo Van Ho of Vinh Long Province, Duong Van Kim of Hau Giang, and Nguyen Dinh Sau, Nguyen Dinh Manh, and Tran Van Bay of Binh Duong.

Ho supplied the fake licenses while the others distributed them, Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Tran Quang Thang, deputy head of the Can Tho police’s security investigation division, said.

They had been operating since the middle of last year, he added.

On April 22, following a tip-off from the public, the police caught Ho with 18 forged licenses and a fake high-school graduation certificate in Vinh Long.

Simultaneously, other officers stopped a bus near the Can Tho Bridge to arrest Kim who was on it.

The two men then gave the police information that enabled them to track down and arrest Manh, Sau, and Bay.

All the licenses carried a forged signature of the deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, Duong Hong Thanh, the police said.

Other documents related to a driver’s license were also forged by the ring in every detail, including signatures and seals.

After getting a copy of the customer’s ID card and photos, they would deliver a fake license in just a couple of days, charging different rates depending on the nature of the license.

Some of the gang’s clients confessed to the police they had paid VND11.5 million (US$558) for a Grade E license for driving passenger vans.

For smaller vehicles, the price was lower.

Ho admitted to having a network in all delta provinces and selling hundreds of forged licenses.

Thang said preliminary investigations showed that the gang had sold more than 600 of them.

The police are continuing their investigation.