Chinanews.com, April 28. According to the website of the General Administration of Customs, in the first quarter, the national customs anti-smuggling department launched the "National Sword 2021" operation. A total of 1,058 cases of smuggling crimes were investigated and handled, an increase of 92.7% year-on-year.
In the first three months of this year, the customs anti-smuggling department filed and handled 718 tax-related smuggling crimes, with a value of 24.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 144.2% and 287.4% respectively.
Recently, under the unified deployment of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, the Nanning Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau and the Guangxi Tobacco Department launched a special campaign to combat cigarette smuggling. 2 cigarette smuggling gangs were eliminated, 11 suspects were arrested, and 1 smuggled cigarette hoarding den was taken away. , More than 2,400 smuggled cigarettes were seized on the spot.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the above-mentioned smuggling gang was involved in smuggling about 12,000 cigarettes, with a case value of about 80 million yuan.
In the first quarter, the customs anti-smuggling department filed and handled 340 non-tax-related smuggling crimes, a year-on-year increase of 33.3%.
Focusing on the smuggling of endangered species such as ivory and drugs, we have maintained a high-pressure situation and achieved remarkable results.
A total of 64 smuggling cases of endangered species and their products were investigated and handled, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%.
153 cases of drug smuggling were investigated, and 458.47 kg of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs were seized. The number of investigated cases increased by 71.9%, and the number of drug payments increased by nearly five times.
Up to now, the Kunming Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau has successively uncovered “3.03”, “3.17” and “3.30” drug smuggling cases, seized 18.92 kg of methamphetamine tablets, and arrested 4 criminal suspects.