[Explanation] The Press Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau reported on July 24 that in the first half of 2020, the Guangzhou police seized a total of 8,475 tons of suspected smuggling of frozen products, 125 tons of wild animals and products, masks, meltblown cloths and other goods worth 26,914,800 yuan. Materials involved in the epidemic.
[Explanation] According to the police, after clues research and ambush inspections, at 1 o'clock in the morning on June 3, Guangzhou police carried out arrests of criminal suspects who were preparing to smuggle frozen products in the waters near Hengli Town, Nansha District, and arrested them. There were 7 suspects, 5 trucks, 1 crane, 1 high-horsepower speedboat and 13.74 tons of frozen goods were seized on the spot.
[Concurrent] Police Officer Wang, Deputy Chief of the Commercial Case Brigade, Criminal and Case Investigation Division, Public Security Bureau of Nansha District, Guangzhou
A group of smugglers used high-horsepower speedboats to transport the smuggled frozen products from the water to the banks of the river, and then used cranes and trucks prepared in advance to hoist the frozen products from the speedboat onto the truck, and then transfer them to the surrounding cold storage. in. (Smuggling frozen meat) Basically, it is sold to the whole country through some cold storages in the Pearl River Delta.
[Explanation] It is understood that in order to resolutely prevent the illegal entry of frozen foods from key countries and regions of the epidemic, the Guangzhou police smuggling department has joined forces with customs anti-smuggling, maritime police and other departments. The whole chain of strikes will be implemented in all links of "marketing and sales".
[Concurrent] Police Officer Wang, Deputy Chief of the Commercial Case Brigade, Criminal and Case Investigation Division, Public Security Bureau of Nansha District, Guangzhou
Many of these frozen meat are products from epidemic areas designated by our country. We don't know whether they carry viruses that are harmful to humans, or even new coronaviruses. If they are allowed to enter the country in an unregulated manner, it will pose a great threat to the food safety and life safety of the people. Through the combination of water and land, water blockage, land interception, combined with some of our high-tech measures, drones or some detection methods, try to suppress smuggling activities in the bud.
[Explanation] In addition, the reporter learned from the briefing that the Guangzhou police established a three-in-one anti-smuggling work mechanism during the epidemic of "combat, rectification, prevention and control", and joined the border management departments of surrounding cities to detect several cases of organizing others to cross the country ( In border cases, more than a hundred criminal suspects were arrested.
(Reporting by reporter He Junjie and Lin Qilin from Guangzhou)
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】