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Hong Kong Customs raids suspected illicit cigarette storage (with photo) ************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (May 14) raided a suspected illicit cigarette storage in Sheung Shui and seized about 2.4 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $6.6 million and a duty potential of about $4.6 million.       During an anti-illicit cigarette operation conducted in Ying Pun Ha Tsuen, Sheung Shui, in the early hours today, Customs officers seized the batch of suspected illicit cigarettes inside a metal shed. A 27-year-old man, who claimed to be unemployed, suspected to be in connection with the case ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs raids suspected illicit cigarette storage (with photo) ************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (September 3) seized about 770 000 suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about $2 million and a duty potential of about $1.46 million in Kwai Chung.      Customs officers yesterday evening intercepted a 68-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman in Lei Muk Shue Estate and seized about 30 000 suspected illicit cigarettes in the suitcases they were carrying.      Customs officers immediately carried out a follow-up investigation and seized about 660 000 suspected illicit cigarettes inside an industrial ... Read more