HK customs makes year's largest cigarette hau

时间：2007-09-10 08:35:22

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HONG KONG, Sept. 8 -- A transnational cigarette smuggling1 attempt was foiled in Hong Kong, 13 million illicit2 cigarettes seized and one man arrested, according to news from the Information Services Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative3 Region government on Saturday.

 

It was the largest seizure4 in Hong Kong this year, the news said.

 

The customs officers on Friday inspected two containers in Kwai Chung in the New Territories. The containers' declarations said they were carrying wooden furniture from a ship from Malaysia.

 

However, the officers found 1,292 boxes of duty-not-paid cigarettes inside, worth 18 million Hong Kong dollars (about 2.31 million U.S. dollars) with a duty potential of 10 million Hong Kong dollars (about 1.29 million U.S. dollars).

 

A 36-year-old freight-transport company director was arrested in the operation. Hong Kong Customs believed the cigarettes were destined for Europe

 
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1 smuggling xx8wQ     
n.走私
参考例句：
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
2 illicit By8yN     
adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的
参考例句：
  • He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
3 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
参考例句：
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
4 seizure FsSyO     
n.没收；占有；抵押
参考例句：
  • The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
  • The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

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