Incoming passenger convicted and jailed for importing duty-not-paid cigarettes (with photo)

An incoming male passenger was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and fined $2,000 by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (October 15) for importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and failing to declare them to Customs officers, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO). Customs officers intercepted an incoming 30-year-old Mainland male passenger arriving in Hong Kong from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday (October 14) and seized about 82 400 duty-not-paid cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $371,000 and a duty potential of about $273,000, from his personal baggage. The passenger was subsequently arrested. Customs welcomes the sentence. The custodial sentence has imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflects the seriousness of the offences. Customs reminds members of the public that under the DCO, cigarettes are dutiable goods to which the DCO applies. Any person who imports, deals with, possesses, sells or buys duty-not-paid cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years. Members of the public may report any suspected illicit

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