China News Service, Hong Kong, January 25th. Hong Kong Customs announced on the 25th that the customs seized 10.6 million suspected illicit cigarettes on the 24th, with an estimated market value of approximately HK$29 million and a taxable value of approximately HK$20 million.
According to the Hong Kong Customs announcement, the Customs and Excise Department conducted an anti-illicit cigarette activity in Yuen Long on the evening of the 24th, seized the suspected illicit cigarettes in a container near Fengji Township, arrested a 50-year-old man suspected of being involved in the case, and detained a suspected case. truck.
The customs stated that it would continue to trace the source and whereabouts of illicit cigarettes, and it does not rule out that more people will be arrested.
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