- The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) found 1.63 million packs of smuggled cigarettes on a ship near the disputed Dongsha Islands in the South China Sea.
- The catch, just west of the islands, was made on a Togolese-registered freighter on Mar 6.
- The cigarettes are suspected to be counterfeit Chinese brands.
Coast Guard and customs officials have seized 1.6 million packs of contraband cigarettes from a Togo-flagged cargo vessel that was intercepted near Dongsha Island March 6, reports Taiwan...
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