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Hong Kong Customs raids suspected illicit cigarette storage centre (with photo) *******************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs today (March 26) conducted an anti-illicit cigarette operation in Kwun Tong and raided a suspected illicit cigarette storage centre in which about 1 million suspected illicit cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $4.7 million and a duty potential of about $3.5 million, were seized.       Customs this early morning intercepted a suspicious man who was moving goods in Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, and seized about 20 000 suspected illicit cigarettes from his trolley. The 28-year-old man, who claimed to be unemployed, was subsequently ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs raids two suspected illicit cigarette storage centres (with photos) *************************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs today (March 13) conducted anti-illicit cigarette operations in Sham Shui Po and Kwun Tong respectively, and shut down two suspected illicit cigarette storage centres. A total of about 210 000 suspected illicit cigarettes, with a total estimated market value of about $1 million and a duty potential of about $700,000, were seized.      In the first case, Customs officers seized about 40 000 suspected illicit cigarettes from a unit of a subdivided flat in Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po, this morning. A 89-year-old man ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs raids suspected illicit cigarette storage centre with seizures worth about $60 million (with photo) ******************************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (September 6) raided a large-scale suspected illicit cigarette storage centre in Tsuen Wan and seized about 16 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $60 million and a duty potential of about $41 million.      Customs earlier identified an illicit cigarette syndicate active in Tsuen Wan District. The syndicate often uses industrial building units to store considerable amounts of illicit cigarettes and distributes them during late-night periods to evade Customs’ inspections. Upon investigation, Customs officers subsequently ... Read more

FEHD raids unlicensed cold store in North District (with photo) ***************************************************************      The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) in the small hours of today (April 20) raided an unlicensed cold store in Ping Che, North District.       During the operation, the FEHD arrested one person and initiated procedures on prosecution for the suspected operation of an unlicensed cold store, and found about 16 090 kilograms of chilled poultry and game with official health certificates on the premises. In addition, about 70kg of chilled cut poultry and offal without official health certificates were seized for disposal.       Under the Food Business Regulation, the ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs raids suspected illicit cigarette storage in Yuen Long (with photo) *************************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (March 3) raided a suspected illicit cigarette storage in Yuen Long and seized about 2.8 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $10.3 million and a duty potential of about $7 million.      During an anti-illicit cigarette operation conducted in Yuen Long this afternoon, Customs officers seized the batch of suspected illicit cigarettes inside an industrial building unit on Leung Yip Street and a lorry parked on the ground floor of the building. A 34-year-old man suspected to be ... Read more