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Customs seizes illicit cigarettes, smuggled goods
(04-12 16:50)
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Hong Kong Customs smashed two transshipment smuggling cases at Tuen Mun River Trade Terminal Customs Cargo Examination Compound on April 10, resulting in the seizure of a batch of illicit cigarettes and some suspected counterfeit goods with a total value of about HK$2.4 million.
Through risk assessment, officers inspected a 20-foot container declared to contain “handbags” from a river trade vessel which was to be transshipped to Australia. Under x-ray examination, Customs officers discovered that the consignment was camouflaged with about 150 large suitcases and a total of 0.6 million sticks of illicit cigarettes were found at the back of the container. The unmanifested cigarettes, with a total value of about HK$1.5 million and a local duty potential of HK$1.02 million, were seized for follow-up investigation.
On the same day, another 20-foot container declared to contain “cleansers” destined for the United Arab Emirates was also examined. Upon inspection, over 53,000 bottles of suspected counterfeit shampoo, valued at about HK$890,000 in total, with false trade origin descriptions were found.