Hong Kong Marine Police have seized 2 million smuggled video
compact discs (VCDs) on a vessel, Marine Police said Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, small boat division officers spotted an
unlitcargo vessel heading north off East Ping Chau, Hong Kong. They
stopped it and escorted it back to East Ping Chau pier for
questioning.
About 2 million VCDs in 1,363 boxes with a total market value of
about 35 million Hong Kong dollars (US$4.52 million) were found on
the vessel.
Marine Police arrested two men on board the vessel, aged 55 and
51, as they could not produce a manifest for the cargo.
(Xinhua News Agency February 9, 2006)
