The Customs yesterday (15th) conducted an anti-smuggling operation in the waters south of Hong Kong and detected a suspected smuggling case using speedboats. It seized approximately 890 kilograms of live lobster and approximately 930 kilograms of sea cucumbers, with an estimated market value of approximately 10 million yuan. Two persons were arrested, each aged 40 and A 45-year-old man was arrested and searched for a speedboat equipped with two high-horsepower outboard engines.
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The Organized Crime Investigation Division of Customs and the Port and Maritimes Division conducted an anti-smuggling operation in the area of Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter last night and found a suspicious vessel equipped with two outboard engines with no navigation lights on. It was initially driving at a slow speed. To the entrance of the typhoon shelter.
The Customs high-speed interception boat was dispatched and found that the speedboat was sailing at a speed of over 45 nautical miles per hour from the East Lamma Channel to the border at high speed. The customs officers immediately revealed their identity and asked the speedboat to stop for investigation, but the other party ignored it and accelerated to leave. Customs officers The pursuit was initiated and the speedboat was intercepted and boarded for investigation about 10 minutes later. The smuggled goods were seized on the speedboat and two men were arrested.
According to Lu Shaohui, the commander of the Special Investigation Group 1 of the Organized Crime Investigation Bureau of Customs, the smugglers' methods have changed this time.
In recent years, most smuggling activities have been concentrated in the western waters. The smuggling speedboats are equipped with multiple outboard engines and gathered in the same place. They wait for the cargo to pass at sea and sail to the inland at high speed. As the western waters are undergoing a three-run project, a large number of engineering ships are berthed and law enforcement is increased. Difficulty.
However, in order to avoid law enforcement officers, the smugglers loaded and unloaded goods at the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter located in the southwestern waters. They were equipped with only two outboard engines. They were believed to be "disguised as civilian vessels." Instead, he drove slowly towards Tangkou in an attempt to evade the surveillance of law enforcement officers. In addition, the speedboat involved in the case carried a total of 77 boxes of cargo, which was only half full.
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