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party who sneaked hundreds of millions of won worth of Chinese cigarettes was caught by the coast. When the party who brought the goods threw a box of cigarettes into the'sea', the other party used the so-called'throwing technique' to retrieve it.
This is JTV reporter Geum-dong Na.
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A fishing boat loaded with white boxes and anchored in Gunsan's new port.
Four men are in the midst of unloading a box from a fishing boat.
What's inside the box are none other than smuggled Chinese cigarettes.
All are 14,600 bastions, and the market value is worth 400 million won.
The smugglers brought a box of Chinese-made cigarettes thrown on the high seas of Gunsan.
He used the so-called'throwing technique', but was caught after an overnight pursuit by the sea police and customs.
There were more Chinese cigarettes to smuggle.
The coast guard collected 17,200 fortresses that the smuggling party had not yet retrieved.
That's over 400 million won worth.
Cigarettes smuggled from China.
Even if it falls into the sea, you can see that it is carefully packaged with several layers of plastic so that water does not seep into it.
It is estimated that smuggled Chinese cigarettes are sold at high prices to Chinese and Koreans.
The Coast Guard believes that maritime smuggling will increase due to Corona 19.
In January, a party who smuggled 2.8 billion won worth of Chinese cigarettes through the coast of Sinan, Jeollanam-do was caught.
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expand the investigation into Coast Guard and Customs domestic distribution books, etc. I am going to do it.
(Video coverage: Kim Joontae JTV)