Tag: illicit
Hong Kong – Hong Kong Customs detects two illicit cigarette cases and raids three suspected illicit cigarette storage centres (with photos)
Hong Kong Customs detects two illicit cigarette cases and raids three suspected illicit cigarette storage centres (with photos) ****************************************************************************************** Hong Kong Customs today (April 20) detected two illicit cigarette cases and raided three suspected illicit cigarette storage centres in Sham Shui Po and Fanling. About 1.6 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $5.9 million and a duty potential of about $4 million were seized. In the first case, Customs officers at midnight today conducted an anti-illicit cigarette operation in Sham Shui Po and seized about 870 000 suspected illicit cigarettes inside ... Read more
Hong Kong – CSD combats illicit collective activities at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (with photos)
CSD combats illicit collective activities at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (with photos) ****************************************************************************************** The Correctional Services Department (CSD) today (August 19) launched an operation to combat illicit collective activities of detainees at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution. The management of the institution received intelligence recently that individual detainees are dissatisfied with the custodial arrangement at the institution along with the stringent requirements to obey the institutional order and routine, and have contemplated taking mass indiscipline actions. The management then closely monitored activities of the target detainees. At 7.25am today, in accordance with the daily routine, correctional officers arranged 17 detainees ... Read more
Hong Kong Customs raids suspected illicit cigarette storage again within two days and seizes suspected illicit cigarettes
Hong Kong Customs on March 12 seized about 590 000 suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $1.6 million and a duty potential of about $1.1 million in Tai Po. Together with the operation conducted in Fanling on March 11, this is another suspected illicit cigarette storage raided by Customs in two consecutive days. During an anti-illicit cigarette operation conducted in Tai Po yesterday afternoon, Customs officers seized the batch of suspected illicit cigarettes at a residential unit. Two women, aged 43 and 64, suspected to be in connection with the case, were arrested. Investigation is ... Read more