Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 53 million suspected black market cigarettes worth an estimated HK$240 million (US$30.9 million) in two large-scale operations targeting goods being smuggled in by sea in the past few days. A captain and six crew members aged between 28 and 51 were arrested in connection with one of the…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized HK$44 million (US$11.3 million) of Ice concealed in wooden pallets carrying painted ceramics from Kyrgyzstan, the first haul from the central Asian country and the largest for the drug entering the city by air cargo this year. Ivan Chow Wing-cheong, senior investigator of customs’ drug investigation bureau, said on…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested five suspected smugglers and seized about 10 million black market cigarettes worth around HK$45 million from a fishing boat. The Customs and Excise Department revealed on Saturday that officers had intercepted a suspicious fishing boat in the waters off Hong Kong’s southernmost island, Po Toi, the previous morning and…
Hong Kong customs has arrested three men and confiscated HK$33 million (US$4.2 million) worth of untaxed cigarettes hidden in a secret cargo hold on a tugboat, after intercepting the vessel that arrived from mainland China. The Customs and Excise Department said on Friday they had seized the 7.4 million black-market cigarettes the day before, following…
Hong Kong customs officers have rounded up 149 residents, including three students, in a crackdown on sales of untaxed cigarettes at public housing estates, leading to the seizure of HK$5.6 million (US$718,000) worth of contraband goods. The Post learned on Wednesday that most of the arrestees were suspected buyers of illegal tobacco products through phone…