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Written by: Lu Jiayu
2021-05-08 19:01
Last update date: 2021-05-08 19:01
Officers of the Marine Police Small Boat Division, Marine Police Regional Task Force, Marine Police West Division and the Customs Sea Area Joint Task Force launched a joint anti-smuggling operation in the waters west of Hong Kong on Thursday (6th). Yesterday (7th) ) An inland river vessel was intercepted at about 2 in the morning off Lan Kok Tsui.
The officers boarded the ship and searched and found a large number of suspected smuggled items on the ship. They then took the ship back to the Da Lam Marine Police Base for investigation and arrested the 37-year-old captain on suspicion of violating the Import and Export Regulations.
A total of 238 boxes of laser discs, cassette tapes and ink cartridges were seized during the police operation, with a total market value of about 1 million yuan.
The case is investigated by the customs.
According to the Import and Export Regulations, anyone who exports unmanifested cargo can be fined up to 2 million yuan and imprisoned for 7 years upon conviction.
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