Hong Kong Customs detects seaborne illicit cigarette smuggling case with seizure worth about $10 million (with photos)

Hong Kong Customs today (October 27) mounted an enforcement operation to combat illicit cigarette smuggling activities by sea and detected a suspected smuggling case involving a high-powered speedboat in the southeast waters of Hong Kong. About 2.23 million suspected illicit cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $10 million and a duty potential of about $7.37 million, and a high-powered speedboat equipped with three outboard engines, were seized. Customs officers in the small hours of today conducted an anti-smuggling operation in the southeast waters of Hong Kong. During the operation, in the waters southeast of Ninepin Group, a suspicious speedboat was spotted heading towards South Ninepin Island with its navigation light off. Customs officers immediately took action to pursue and intercept the speedboat, but the speedboat accelerated and fled. ​ Later, Customs boarded the speedboat and stopped the vessel for investigation. The speedboat was discovered to be equipped with three powerful outboard engines, and the batch of suspected illicit cigarettes was seized onboard the vessel. Two Mainland men, aged 32 and 39, suspected of violating the Dutiable Commodities Ordin

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