A truck carrying ten million yuan heating smoke bombs refuses to be investigated by police and walks 8 kilometers, two men abandon the car and escape 1 arrested and 1 escaped

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Written by: Liu Ding'an and Chen Yongwu

2021-02-24 02:48

The last update date: 2021-02-24 08:50

A truck evaded police interception and escape occurred in the North District. After the truck evacuated about 8 kilometers, two men in the truck abandoned the vehicle and fled on the expressway. However, after running about 100 meters, the driver was subdued by the police and the passengers escaped.

The police conducted preliminary investigations and learned that the truck was loaded with a large number of heated smoke bombs, so the driver involved was arrested.

At about midnight, it was reported that a traffic police officer was patrolling Kwu Tung Road in the North District of the New Territories. During the period, it was discovered that a dense truck had not turned on its headlights and its cargo compartment had fallen seriously, as if it was pressing the tail wheel. He was overweight, so he turned on the microphone and ordered the truck to stop for inspection.

However, the truck accelerated suddenly in an attempt to get rid of the police.

Upon seeing this, the police officer notified Shangfeng to request reinforcements and speeded up the pursuit.

It is understood that the truck was driving along Kwu Tung Road in the direction of Yuen Long, turning into the San Tin Section of Castle Peak Road, and then turning into San Tin Highway via the Fairview Roundabout.

When the truck arrived off Pok Wai, the truck suddenly drove onto the highway and stopped. The two men in the truck abandoned the vehicle and fled.

As there is a barbed wire fence between Xintian Highway and Xintan Road, the two climbed over the barbed wire and fled towards the "inner street" Xintan Road. The police chased after about 200 meters to intercept one of them, and the other escaped from the temple. trace.

The driving distance from Kwu Tung to Pok Wai is about 8 kilometers.

The police opened the cargo hopper and found that the cargo hopper was filled with a large number of heated smoke bombs. The quantity will be counted after the truck is towed back to the police station.

According to sources, it is preliminary estimated that the cigarette bombs involved are worth more than 10 million yuan after tax.

It is understood that the man who was subdued was a truck driver, and the police immediately arrested him and he pursued the male passenger who was at large.

Police said officers from the Traffic Enforcement and Control Section of the New Territories North Region were patrolling the Lok Ma Chau Fanling Highway near San Tin Interchange and found a light goods vehicle driving slowly and suspected of being overloaded.

The police officer then instructed the truck to stop, but the truck did not stop and continued to drive at high speed. The police officer immediately launched a pursuit.

Police officers then intercepted the truck on San Tin Highway in Yuen Long near Mo Fan Heung. A male driver surnamed Zhu (45) and a male passenger got off the truck and fled along Xin Tam Road towards Yuen Long.

The police finally stopped the driver surnamed Zhu 200 meters away.

Police officers seized a large number of suspected unpaid e-cigarette bombs on the truck. The market value is yet to be calculated.

After preliminary investigation, Zhu was arrested on suspicion of "dangerous driving", "overloading", "ignoring traffic directions" and "possession of unpaid cigarettes".

The case is handed over to the customs for follow-up.

Heating cigarettes and electronic cigarettes have become the new favorites of Hong Kong smokers in recent years.

But it is easy to fall into Hong Kong's legal trap.

When the customs held a large-scale anti-illicit cigarette operation last year, it also arrested both buyers and sellers of heated cigarette cartridges, which the customs called "unpaid heating non-combustion tobacco products."

The customs pointed out at that time that tobacco is a dutiable commodity under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (the “Regulations”).

Any heating tobacco containing tobacco components is a dutiable commodity and is regulated by the Ordinance.

Anyone who illegally imports, possesses, sells or purchases dutiable goods is an offence. Upon conviction, the maximum penalty is a fine of 1 million yuan and imprisonment for 2 years.

The Department of Health also pointed out earlier that according to the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, e-cigarettes containing nicotine are pharmaceutical products that need to be registered with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Hong Kong before they can be sold or distributed locally.

Nicotine is also part of the first poison under the Ordinance. Only licensed drug dealers can legally possess or sell it. Import and export are also regulated by the Import and Export Ordinance (Chapter 60).

According to records, no nicotine-containing e-cigarette product is registered as a pharmaceutical product in Hong Kong, and the department has never received an application for the product to be imported into Hong Kong for sale.

Some people in the legal profession pointed out that whether e-cigarettes or heating cigarette products are legal depends mainly on whether the product ingredients contain nicotine.

If nicotine is present, it must be regulated by law.

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