Hong Kong Customs mounted a special operation codenamed "Sea Guardian" in August and September, with three suspected smuggling cases involving ocean-going vessels detected. A large batch of suspected smuggled electronic goods with a total estimated market value of about HK$500 million was seized.
Through intelligence analysis and risk assessment, Customs, suspecting that criminals were using ocean-going vessels to smuggle goods, planned an enforcement operation and identified three suspicious containers scheduled to depart from Hong Kong for Malaysia, as well as a container scheduled to be shipped to Tianjin, via ocean-going vessels for inspection.
Customs inspected the four containers that were declared as carrying aluminum materials, aluminum alloys, and citric acid respectively on Aug. 20, Sept. 3 and Sept.9. Upon the examinations, Customs officers found large batches of suspected smuggled electronic goods, including central processing units, display cards, circuit boards and random-access memory in the containers.
An investigation is ongoing. The likelihood of arrests is not ruled out.
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