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Outgoing passenger convicted and jailed for attempting to export prohibited articles not under and in accordance with export licence (with photos)
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     Hong Kong Customs on August 12 detected a smuggling case involving a passenger at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point and seized 150 pieces of pharmaceutical injections containing Part I Poison with an estimated market value of about $80,000. The passenger concerned was convicted and sentenced to two months' imprisonment by the Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts yesterday (September 25) for contravening the Import and Export Ordinance (IEO)(Cap. 60).

     Customs officers intercepted a 38-year-old male passenger on August 12 at the Departure Hall at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point for Customs clearance. Upon examination, the batch of pharmaceutical injections was found around his waist and in his trousers pocket, and covered underneath his clothes.

     Customs reminds the public not to carry controlled items into and out of Hong Kong.

     Under the IEO, 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. Any person who exports pharmaceutical products and medicines without a valid export licence commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.

     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).
 
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Hong Kong Customs detected a smuggling case involving a passenger at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point on August 12 and seized 150 pieces of pharmaceutical injections containing Part I Poisons with an estimated market value of about $80,000. Photo shows the pharmaceutical injections seized.
Hong Kong Customs detected a smuggling case involving a passenger at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point on August 12 and seized 150 pieces of pharmaceutical injections containing Part I Poisons with an estimated market value of about $80,000. Photo shows some of the pharmaceutical injections concealed around the passenger's waist.