Hong Kong Customs officers have arrested five men and seized
882,680 smuggled cigarettes worth about 1.32 million HK dollars and
counterfeit goods worth about 1.6 million HK dollars from two
storage and packaging centers in Kwai Chung and Lai Chi Kok, the
Customs said Thursday.
The syndicate sells smuggled cigarettes and counterfeit goods
through the Internet to buyers in the U.K.. When an order is
received, the goods are first sent to Hong Kong from the Mainland,
and forwarded to the U.K. by air cargo or parcel, the Customs
said.
Of the men, aged 28 to 52, one is believed to be the syndicate
mastermind and another is a major ring member. Investigations are
underway.
(Xinhua News Agency April 14, 2006)
