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Danny Mok

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man caught with 20,000 illicit cigarettes hidden in his car at a border checkpoint.
The 44-year-old was said to have been driving into the city through the Shenzhen Bay control point on Tuesday.
He was intercepted by the officers, who found the cigarettes hidden in five false compartments in the vehicle’s doors and boot.
The cigarettes had an estimated value of about HK$50,000 (US$6,373) and would have cost about HK$40,000 in duty fees, a customs spokesman said.

The driver was arrested and the vehicle was detained.
Separately, the department on Monday intercepted about 20 tonnes of hookah tobacco, which was suspected to be contraband, in a cargo container from Bulgaria at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound. The tobacco had an estimated market value of about HK$13 million and a duty potential of about HK$46 million.
More than 20 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Hong Kong so far this year
The container was declared as carrying daily necessities, but inspecting officers instead found the tobacco.
Under the city’s Import and Export Ordinance, a person found guilty of importing or exporting unmanifested cargo could face a maximum fine of HK$2 million and a prison term of seven years.
The Dutiable Commodities Ordinance has a maximum penalty of HK$1 million and imprisonment for two years for dealing, possessing, selling or buying duty-not-paid tobacco.


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Hong Kong customs officers arrest man with smuggled cigarettes and find a container from Bulgaria with 20 tonnes of contraband hookah tobacco

Customs displayed the seized hookah tobacco on Monday. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong Customs yesterday (April 30) seized about 20 000 suspected illicit cigarettes from an incoming private car at Shenzhen Bay Control Point with an estimated market value of about $50,000 and a duty potential of about $40,000. Photo shows some of the suspected illicit cigarettes concealed in one of the false compartments at the door.SCMP Pictures (HANDOUT from ISD)

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Cigarettes found in false compartments in the doors and boot of a vehicle
Tobacco worth HK$13 million with duty potential of HK$46 million


Cigarettes found in false compartments in a vehicle. Tobacco worth HK$13 million with duty potential of HK$46 million.


Hong Kong customs officers arrest man with smuggled cigarettes and find a container from Bulgaria with 20 tonnes of contraband hookah tobacco

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Cigarettes found in false compartments in the doors and boot of a vehicle

Tobacco worth HK$13 million with duty potential of HK$46 million