HK Customs seizes illegal cigarettes
Source: Xinhua |
July 5, 2010, Monday
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HONG Kong Customs officers seized cigarettes worth about HK$37,000 (US$4,747) and detained a fishing vessel on Saturday.
Acting on information, officers from the Marine Enforcement Group intercepted an incoming Hong Kong fishing vessel from the Chinese mainland at the island of Cheung Chau early on Saturday morning.
They discovered nine boxes of cigarettes underneath the wooden floor of the vessel's cabin. The seized cigarettes had a duty potential at about HK$28,000.
The ship's master could not produce any import manifest to cover the seized goods, officers said. Six men onboard the vessel, including the Hong Kong owner and two mainland crew members, were detained for investigation.
Smuggling is a serious offence under Hong Kong's Import and Export Ordinance. The maximum penalty is a fine of HK$2 million and imprisonment for seven years. Any contravention to the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance attracts a maximum fine of HK$1 million and imprisonment for two years.
Acting on information, officers from the Marine Enforcement Group intercepted an incoming Hong Kong fishing vessel from the Chinese mainland at the island of Cheung Chau early on Saturday morning.
They discovered nine boxes of cigarettes underneath the wooden floor of the vessel's cabin. The seized cigarettes had a duty potential at about HK$28,000.
The ship's master could not produce any import manifest to cover the seized goods, officers said. Six men onboard the vessel, including the Hong Kong owner and two mainland crew members, were detained for investigation.
Smuggling is a serious offence under Hong Kong's Import and Export Ordinance. The maximum penalty is a fine of HK$2 million and imprisonment for seven years. Any contravention to the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance attracts a maximum fine of HK$1 million and imprisonment for two years.
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