Hong Kong customs seizes 2,500 tonnes of meat bound for mainland China so far this year, more than in previous 11 years combined

• Smuggling gangs lured by profits of HK$20,000 per tonne to illegally move the frozen food by sea into Guangdong province
• Busts by weight in the first six months of this year alone were 40 per cent up on the entire 11-year period to 2019