A WOMAN was jailed yesterday after saying she could not pay a fine imposed for Customs offences.
Lee Siu-eng, 61, was arrested by Customs officers when she was found in possession of 3,400 cigarettes for sale in Tong Shui Road, North Point, on February 27.
She was escorted to her King's Road home where another 34,200 smuggled cigarettes were found and seized.
Eastern Court heard the cigarettes, which were worth $43,130, did not carry health warnings.
The total duty which should have been paid on the cigarettes was $21,808.
Lee pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of dutiable goods and two counts of possession of cigarettes which did not carry health warnings.
The court was told she had been convicted twice before at Fanling Court and was fined less than $200 on each occasion.
