Hong Kong authorities seize HK$46 million worth of illicit cigarettes, arrest five in New Territories raid

Authorities confiscated some HK$46 million (US$5.9 million) worth of black-market cigarettes and arrested five men at a corrugated metal shed in northern Hong Kong on Tuesday evening – the second major bust involving contraband tobacco in the area in just four days.Assistant Superintendent Rachel Fong Kwun-ting, of the Customs and Excise Department’s revenue crime investigation bureau, said on Wednesday that she believed the illicit cigarettes were intended to meet demand in the city during the…

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