On April 29, the Economic Police Department of Hanoi Police reported that they had raided three cold storage warehouses and seized over 10 tons of "dirty" animal organs that were emitting strong odors and were about to be released onto the market.

Late on the night of April 28, the task force checked three cold storage warehouses located in Bai Do Hamlet (Tri Thuy Commune, Phu Xuyen District) and found over 10 tons of buffalo and cow organs showing signs of spoilage and emitting a foul stench.

When the authorities raided the warehouses, all three were tightly shut with lights turned off. However, prior to the raid, bustling activities involving preliminary processing and sorting of the organs had been taking place inside.

The owner of the shipment, N.D.C. (born 1998, residing in Phu Xuyen District), admitted to purchasing floating buffalo and cow organs from the market. As a result, all the seized organs lacked clear origin and had no food safety or hygiene certification.

The individual further stated: “I buy whatever is available and sell it gradually to small traders. I don't know whether the goods meet hygiene standards or not, but I still bring them in to sell.”

According to Lieutenant Colonel Pham Thi Thuy Chi, Head of Team 7, Economic Police Department - Hanoi Police, the entire process from procurement to preliminary processing, storage, and distribution was organized in a closed-loop operation and carried out extremely rapidly, with goods transported to various provinces and cities across the country.

Lieutenant Colonel Chi noted: “All the goods had no verifiable origin and had not undergone food safety inspections. If released into the market, they would pose a serious threat to consumer health.”

Authorities stressed that if they had not promptly detected and confiscated the goods, they would have been distributed to the market.

The entire shipment has been seized for further processing and legal action.

Tien Dung