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According to the news of Guangzhou Customs on July 22, in the early stage, the customs organized a special operation of "Struggle 15" to crack down on the smuggling of precious stones, successfully smashed 14 criminal gangs that organized water passengers to smuggle colored gemstones into The country by means of car clips between Guangdong and Hong Kong and false reports of international express mail, arrested 21 criminal suspects, and seized a batch of colored gemstones involved in the case, with a case value of about 1.2 billion yuan.
Customs anti-smuggling police are counting seized smuggled gemstones
In the early morning of May 18, under the unified command of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, Guangzhou Customs, with the assistance of Shenzhen, Chongqing, Chengdu and other customs and local public security in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, dispatched 232 customs police officers, divided into 47 action groups, to carry out unified investigation and arrest operations in seven cities, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhaoqing, Chongqing, and Chengdu, arresting 21 suspected smuggling suspects and seizing 1,256 colored gemstones suspected of smuggling at the scene of arrest.
Sets of smuggled gemstones seized by customs anti-smuggling police
The smuggled colored gemstones seized in this case mainly include rubies, sapphires, emeralds and other varieties. Ruby, sapphire, emerald and diamond are recognized by the international jewelry industry as the "four precious gemstones", is a long-standing decorative gemstone, in recent years in the domestic market by consumers loved, the price climbed year by year, criminals are mercenary, do not hesitate to take risks to smuggle crimes.
Customs anti-smuggling police arrest suspects suspected of smuggling gemstones
During the special operation, the smuggling gang headed by Xiao Mou, which was arrested by the customs anti-smuggling police, collected colored gemstones ordered by domestic cargo owners in South Asia, Southeast Asia, South America and other places in Hong Kong, and organized "water passengers" to smuggle them into Hong Kong in the form of personal carrying and luggage. After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in early 2020, Xiao's gang bribed the drivers of the license plates in Guangdong and Hong Kong to smuggle colored gemstones into the country. After Receiving goods in Shenzhen, Xiao's gang distributed colored gemstones to mainland shippers through mainland couriers and charged intermediate fees. Xiao himself also set up a shop in a jewelry city in Shenzhen, selling some smuggled colored gemstones. Another smuggling gang headed by Wei Mou bought colored gemstones from Southeast Asia, smuggled them into the country through international express channels, and evaded customs supervision by falsely declaring the name of the product and understating the price.
Text: Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter Lin Lin, correspondent Guan Yue
Pictured: Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng reporter Liao Xueming correspondent Guan Yue
Video: Guangzhou Daily New Flower City reporter Liao Xueming, Lin Lin correspondent Guan Yue
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor Ma Junxian