Parallel importers｜The police pointed out that after customs clearance, the activities started to sprout again

After the customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland, the activities of parallel importers in Sheung Shui reappeared.

The police and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) launched Operation "Fertilizer" in Sheung Shui on Friday and Saturday (24th and 25th) to crack down on parallel imports in the area and use video recording to enforce the law.

During the operation, two men and two women were charged with votes, and a 46-year-old woman was arrested for blocking the street, and about 30,000 yuan of goods were seized.

The police said that they noticed that after the customs clearance between the two places on January 8, the situation of parallel imports in Sheung Shui was budding. Some parallel imports stalls divided goods in the form of ants moving "legs". It is as high as a person's height", which affects residents' access.

▼On February 9th, the Immigration Department of the Police Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the MTR cooperated in a joint operation at the black spot of parallel imports in Sheung Shui District▼

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Four local 46-year-old women were arrested today for blocking the street at the same place

Superintendent Feng Yazheng, commander of the Sheung Shui Division of the police, said today (25th) that the police conducted operations with the food ring yesterday and today, and used video law enforcement to prove evidence. A total of two men and two women were charged with votes, aged between 38 and 51. natives.

She said that a 46-year-old woman who was charged with a ticket yesterday saw her committing a crime at the same location today, so she was arrested for causing obstruction to a public place. She is still being detained for investigation. The police will consider confiscating about 3 Ten thousand yuan in goods, and emphasized in the court that he is a repeat offender, hoping that the court will impose an appropriate penalty and increase the deterrent effect.

The police have parallel goods stalls in the MTR station to distribute goods in the form of ants moving, affecting the lives of residents

Feng also said that since the customs clearance on January 8, the police are closely monitoring the situation of parallel importers in Sheung Shui, and found that the activities of parallel importers are sprouting. "Most of the goods involve daily necessities, including cosmetics, milk powder, sports shoes and medicines, etc., occupying the sidewalk and blocking the street to disturb the public and affect the lives of residents.

FEHD North District Environmental Hygiene Director Huang Liyan (left) and Police Superintendent Fung Nga-ching (right), Sheung Shui District Commander, explain the joint operation against parallel traders in Sheung Shui.

(Screenshot from police video)

She pointed out that as of February 23, the police had cooperated with different law enforcement agencies to carry out 26 anti-parallel import operations within 7 weeks, and cooperated with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to inspect parallel import black spots 9 times. However, it has been seen that many parallel traders have relapsed out of the sight of the law enforcement officers, so this time the action was changed to video law enforcement to strengthen the proof.

Feng Yazheng said that the relevant cases are still under investigation, but among the people charged and arrested this time, some people delivered goods on the spot "legging feet" for an hour at the longest time, that is, blocked the street for an hour, and pointed out that the width of the sidewalk is about two meters. However, the volume of the goods is 1.5 meters by 1.5 meters, "so high that I am as tall as I am", forcing pedestrians to walk out of the cycle path, causing obvious impacts.

Huang Liren, Director of Environmental Hygiene for the North District of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, said that since customs clearance, personnel have been sent to strengthen inspections of parallel import black spots in the North District and strengthen street cleaning. MTR station and Shek Wu Hui, etc.

▼Parallel import group delivery trilogy: "delivery", "separation" and "pickup"▼

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