China News Agency, Hong Kong, August 4th. Hong Kong Customs recently cracked three large-scale smuggling cases of cigarettes, and seized about 57 million suspected illicit cigarettes, with an estimated market value of 160 million yuan (HKD, the same below) and a taxable value of about 110 million yuan.
According to information from Hong Kong Customs on the 4th, Customs officers conducted an anti-illicit cigarette operation in Fanling on July 23 and seized about 11 million suspected illicit cigarettes in a container in a tin yard.
After follow-up investigations, Customs officers searched a container depot in Yuen Long, a car park in Tuen Mun and two car parks in Tsing Yi on July 25 and 26 respectively, and found that suspected illicit cigarettes were concealed in several containers. 46 million.
During the operation, Customs officers arrested two men, aged 35 and 36, suspected of being involved in the case, and seized six containers suspected of being involved in the case.
Hong Kong Customs said that the case is still under investigation, and Customs will continue to investigate the source and whereabouts of illicit cigarettes, and it cannot rule out that more people will be arrested.
According to Hong Kong Customs, together with the suspected illicit cigarettes seized in this operation, as of July 31, Customs has seized about 334 million suspected illicit cigarettes this year, an increase of about 37% over the same period last year.
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