20 kilos of gold bullion Smuggling for 30 billion yen arrested company officers Narita Airport Nov. 12 13:30
Seven corporate officers living in Tokyo were arrested by the Chiba Prefectural Police for smuggling 20 kilos of gold bullion bought in Hong Kong to Narita Airport. The police are investigating that they have been involved in the smuggling of gold bullion worth more than three hundred billion yen so far.
Seven men and women in their 20s and 40s, including Susumu Chihisa (38), a corporate officer in Minato-ku, Tokyo, were arrested.
According to investigators, seven people were violated customs law or consumption tax law in June 2015, four months ago, as they smuggled 20 kilograms of gold bullion purchased in Hong Kong, approximately 95 million yen, from Taiwan to Narita Airport. I have doubts.
According to the investigation so far, Susumu Chiku told the buyer man to buy the gold bullion in Hong Kong, and it seems that the carrier was smuggled through Taiwan.
When bringing gold bullion into Japan, it is necessary to pay the consumption tax. However, by smuggling, you can avoid the payment and sell it to the buyer for the amount of 8%, which is the current tax rate. It was that the difference of was obtained as profit.
The police are investigating that the suspects of Chiku were involved in the smuggling of gold bullion worth more than 600 kilograms over a half year from March 2015.