{"id":100818,"date":"2023-09-29T09:32:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T02:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advantage.vn\/?p=100818"},"modified":"2023-10-02T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T02:56:35","slug":"more-seaborne-cigarette-smuggling-foiled-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advantage.vn\/en\/more-seaborne-cigarette-smuggling-foiled-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"More seaborne cigarette smuggling foiled in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 from Cambodia. About 4 million suspected duty-unpaid cigarettes were found inside the container and seized.<\/p>\n

On 25 September, another case was detected in which customs officers inspected a 40-foot seaborne container, arriving in Hong Kong from South Korea and declared it as containing automobile parts. About 11 million suspected illicit cigarettes were seized therein.<\/p>\n

In between the confiscation of the contraband cigarettes in the containers, on 23 September, about 3.1 tonnes of contraband manufactured tobacco were seized by customs officers who stopped a lorry at the Lok Ma Chau Control Point.<\/p>\n

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The lorry was declared as carrying staplers early this morning. Upon inspection, customs officers found the batch of suspected duty-not-paid manufactured tobacco inside 116 carton boxes mix-loaded with other goods on board the lorry. The male lorry driver was subsequently arrested and the lorry was detained.<\/p>\n

The manufactured tobacco has an estimated market value of about US$2.04 million and a duty potential of about US$1.2 million. Customs believes that the manufactured tobacco would be transshipped overseas. An investigation is ongoing and more arrests could be made.<\/p>\n

More contraband cigarettes are being smuggled into the Hong Kong, after the government upped tobacco taxes by HK$12 (US$1.50) in February, pushing cigarette prices up to HK$78 (US$10) a pack.<\/p>\n

More than 470 million contraband cigarettes worth more than HK$1.5 billion (US$191.4 million) so far this year, which would have generated over HK$1 billion (US$127.6 million) in tax revenue.<\/p>\n

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