Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected smuggled goods worth about $7 million (with photos)
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Through intelligence analysis and risk assessment, Customs discovered that criminals intended to use ocean-going vessels to smuggle goods. Enforcement operations were thus formulated, with a suspicious container scheduled to depart from Hong Kong to Malaysia via an ocean-going vessel being selected for inspection.
Customs inspected the abovementioned container that was declared as carrying metals, server boards, printed circuit boards, hard drives, wires, etc, on December 23. Upon examination, Customs officers found a batch of suspected smuggled goods, including integrated circuits, resistors and heat sinks, in the container.
An investigation is ongoing. The likelihood of arrests is not ruled out.
Being a government department primarily responsible for tackling smuggling activities, Customs has long been combating various smuggling activities on all fronts. Customs will keep up its enforcement action and continue to resolutely combat sea smuggling activities through proactive risk management and intelligence-based enforcement strategies, and carry out targeted anti-smuggling operations at suitable times to disrupt relevant crimes.
Smuggling is a serious offence. Under the Import and Export Ordinance, any person found guilty of importing or exporting unmanifested cargo is liable to a maximum fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years upon conviction.
Members of the public may report any suspected smuggling activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Ends/Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Issued at HKT 16:15
Issued at HKT 16:15
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