Hong Kong Customs and Hong Kong Police’s Sham Shui Po District perform joint-operation to fight illegal cigarettes (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs and Sham Shui Po District of the Hong Kong Police Force installed a joint-enforcement operation from September 18 to 30 and discovered cases including illegal cigarettes in the district. An overall of about 100 000 illegal cigarettes with an approximated market price of about $480,000, and a responsibility capacity of about $350,000 were taken. 5 individuals gotten in touch with the cases were detained.
To fight illegal cigarette activities in Sham Shui Po District, Customs and the Police’s Sham Shui Po District performed numerous surprise examinations and raids, punishing 22 short-lived illegal cigarette storage points and a mobile illegal cigarette stall. 2 regional males, 2 regional females and a Vietnamese guy were detained.
Customizeds will continue the multipronged enforcement technique to strongly fight illegal cigarette activities. Custom-mades advises members of the general public that under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109), anybody associated with handling, belongings of, offering or purchasing illegal cigarettes dedicates an offense. The optimum charge upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and jail time for 7 years.
Members of the general public might report any presumed illegal cigarette activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 182 8080, its devoted crime-reporting e-mail account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online type (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002).