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Clifford Lo

Hong Kong customs officers have confiscated nearly HK$2 million (US$256,210) worth of dried abalone from a truck at the city’s border checkpoint before it could be smuggled into mainland China to meet the demands of the festive season.
The Shenzhen-bound haul was found in a truck intercepted for inspection at the Lok Ma Chau control point on Monday, according to the Customs and Excise Department.
The department on Tuesday said the cross-border vehicle was declared to be carrying soft drinks, biscuits and dried sea cucumber.
“The batch of suspected smuggled dried abalone weighing about 30kg was seized [from the vehicle],” its spokesman said. The haul had an estimated street value of HK $1.95 million.
Dried seafood worth HK$250 million seized in record smuggling bust in Hong Kong
The 50-year-old truck driver is helping with the investigation. Customs officers are also determining the source and final destination of the goods.
In Hong Kong, under the Import and Export Ordinance the maximum punishment for smuggling unmanifested cargo is seven years in jail and a HK$2 million fine.
“Customs will continue to combat cross-boundary smuggling activities with firm enforcement action based on risk assessment and intelligence analysis,” the spokesman added.
He urged members of the public to report any suspected smuggling activities to the department’s 24-hour hotline on 2545 6182.
The department’s largest haul in its 112-year history was in October of 2021 when customs officers seized HK$1.2 billion worth of smuggled goods after they intercepted 24 shipping containers on a vessel bound for the mainland.
Customs officers last year confiscated HK$1.2 billion worth of contraband in 93 sea smuggling operations as of December 18. During the same period of 2021, they seized around HK$2.2 billion in illicit goods uncovered in 96 cases.


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Contraband, weighing about 30kg, was found in Shenzhen-bound truck which was inspected at the Lok Ma Chau control point
Truck driver, 50, is helping with investigation, Customs and Excise Department spokesman says



Contraband, weighing about 30kg, was found in Shenzhen-bound truck which was inspected at the Lok Ma Chau control point.


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Hong Kong customs officers confiscate dried abalone worth HK$2 million from truck heading to mainland China

Contraband, weighing about 30kg, was found in Shenzhen-bound truck which was inspected at the Lok Ma Chau control point Truck driver, 50, is helping with investigation, Customs and Excise Department spokesman says

Contraband, weighing about 30kg, was found in Shenzhen-bound truck which was inspected at the Lok Ma Chau control point

Truck driver, 50, is helping with investigation, Customs and Excise Department spokesman says