Hong Kong customs will set up an armed escort team and boost collaboration to quickly dispose of tonnes of confiscated drugs kept in a secret warehouse, otherwise some substances may take 35 years to destroy, the agency’s chief has revealed. Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat told the Post in an exclusive interview that…
A label scheme to identify legitimate tobacco products in Hong Kong will be fully implemented by June 2027, authorities have revealed. Responding to an inquiry by lawmaker Edmund Wong Chun-sek, Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat said his department would invite tobacco companies to join a pilot scheme later this year. “Having considered the…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized more than 6 million suspected illicit cigarettes and heated tobacco products worth over HK$29 million (US$3.7 million) in two separate operations, involving brands rarely seen in the city and mainland Chinese tourists bringing in goods from Japan. Customs said on Friday that two men were arrested in the operations,…
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…