01 Fuzhou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau cracked a case of smuggling cigarettes
On July 7, 2021, under the unified command of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, the Fuzhou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau, together with the Fujian Coast Guard Bureau, with the strong support of the Shanghai, Qingdao, and Hangzhou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureaus, the Fujian Ningde, Quanzhou Public Security Bureaus, and the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, simultaneously launched a joint special operation to combat cigarette smuggling in Ningde, Quanzhou, Shanghai, Shandong, Weihai, Zhejiang, taizhou and other places, smashing 4 criminal gangs smuggling cigarettes smuggled by sea, smuggling ashore and transporting cigarettes by land, and arresting a total of 32 criminal suspects. 2 smuggling vessels, 1 large crane, and 20 40-foot container containers were seized, and 463,500 cigarettes involved in the case were seized. Preliminary investigation shows that the value of the whole case is nearly 300 million yuan.
02 Guiyang and Haikou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau jointly cracked a smuggling case of "set purchase"
On July 1, 2021, the Guiyang Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau and the Haikou Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau jointly launched a crackdown on the smuggling of outlying islands with duty-free "set purchases", intercepting a total of 12 smuggling planning organizers and passengers with goods at Guiyang Longdongbao Airport, seizing 239 iPads and 20 mobile phones involved in the case, with a case value of about 800,000 yuan.
03 Tianjin Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau cracked a case of smuggling foreign garbage
Previously, when the Customs officer of Xingang Customs under Tianjin Customs inspected a batch of imported goods declared to be named "uncombed degreased sheep shearing", it was found that there were 13.9 tons of fur scraps hidden in them, and after identification, the batch of fur scraps belonged to the foreign garbage prohibited by the state. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Tianjin Customs was subordinate to the Xingang Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau and meticulously investigated the case after receiving the clue and quickly solved the case.
04 Beijing Customs seized a batch of drugs and marijuana smoke oil
Recently, when the customs officer of the Beijing Post Office under the Beijing Customs inspected the incoming mail of a declared item named "sweaters and clothes", he found that the X-ray machine image was abnormal, and after opening and dismantling inspection, 15 pieces of suspected marijuana smoke oil were seized in the clothes, weighing 255 grams; 6 ecstasy pills, weighing 3 grams. After identification, the seized items showed positive marijuana and methamphetamine and ecstasy positive, which were identified as cannabis soot oil and ecstasy.
05 Huangpu Customs seized a batch of endangered yellow sandalwood
Recently, when inspecting a batch of goods with the declared product named "Yue Cambodia Rosewood", the customs officers of Sha Tin Customs under the Huangpu Customs found that the bulk timber species and product names were suspected of false declaration, and the customs officers at the scene immediately joined hands with the risk control department to sample and send them for inspection. After identification, the shipment was actually yellow sandalwood, a log of the genus Xanthana in the family Pterostilbene, which belongs to the controlled species in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, with a total weight of 27.78 tons.
06 Hefei Customs seized two batches of ivory products in a row
On July 2 and 5, 2021, when the Luzhou Customs officers under Hefei Customs inspected the incoming parcels through the mail channel, they found suspicious items through the X-ray machine, and then opened the box for inspection on the spot, and a total of suspected ivory products such as mahjong, pen holders, bracelets, etc., with a total weight of 2090.2 grams, were preliminarily identified as ivory materials.
07 Nanning Customs seized a batch of controlled psychotropic drugs
Recently, the customs officer of the Nanning Post Office Customs Mail Supervision Site under Nanning Customs opened the box and inspected an inbound mail named "Enzyme" according to the machine inspection and control. In a snack canister, inspectors found items wrapped in layers, and when they opened them, they found that the contents were suspected to be class II psychotropic drugs "flunitrazepam", a total of 100 tablets.
08 Shenzhen Customs seized a batch of smuggled python skin products
Recently, when inspecting a batch of export erhu, the customs officers of Dapeng Customs under Shenzhen Customs found that the drum skin part of the batch of erhu had a snakeskin pattern, and the surface of the skin was closely arranged with similar diamond-shaped scales, which were suspected python skin products. After identification, the erhu drum skin parts are all pieces of reptile snake python species, which are endangered wildlife products, a total of 20.
09 Qingdao Customs seized a batch of smuggled cosmetics
Recently, when the customs officer of Qingdao Liuting Airport Customs Inspection Site under Qingdao Customs inspected the luggage of 1 passenger during the supervision of inbound flights, he found that the passenger's 9 checked suitcases were all filled with high-value cosmetics. After inventory, a total of 482 pieces of cosmetics such as lipstick, serum and eye cream of well-known foreign brands were seized, with an estimated value of 366,000 yuan.
10 Fujian Xiamen Coast Guard Bureau seized a case of smuggling precious animal products
Recently, the Fujian Xiamen Coast Guard Bureau seized a case of smuggling precious animal products, seized more than 110 kilograms of smuggled precious and endangered animal products, Lu's hammerhead shark, seized 1 fishing boat involved in the case, and arrested 3 criminal suspects.
Editor of this issue: Li Sisi