More seaborne cigarette smuggling foiled in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Customs foiled seaborne cigarette smuggling attempts in two separate cases, in which containers arriving from Cambodia and South Korea were found to have 15m contraband cigarettes with a value of HK$54 million (US$6.9 million), with HK$36 million (US$4.6 million) of evaded duties.

In the first case, through risk assessment and intelligence analysis, customs officers on 21 September selected and inspected a 20-foot seaborne container, declared as carrying palm oil, arriving in Hong Kong...

https://container-news.com/more-seaborne-cigarette-smuggling-foiled-in-hong-kong/

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