Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced yesterday that its officers have caught a Macau single-licence plated vehicle driver attempting to smuggle a large number of undeclared goods from Macau to the mainland through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint last Wednesday.
According to Gongbei Customs, the case was busted last Wednesday at 3 p.m., when Gongbei Customs officers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint discovered an abnormality in a single-licence plated vehicle at a vehicle inspection channel – the vehicle was carrying a large number of messy luggage items, and the driver was visibly nervous.
Upon further inspection, the customs officers seized a total of 35 boxes of luxury cosmetics, 48 high-end cigars, and three bottles of alcoholic beverages in the vehicle’s second row of the seats, the gap between the driver’s and passenger’s seats, beneath the passenger seat and in other hidden areas.
It was verified by the Gongbei Customs that the driver was a short-term, multiple-trip visitor.
Gongbei Customs reminded the public that according to the “Regulations of the Customs of the People’s Republic of China on the Administration of Baggage Items of Chinese Passengers Entering and Leaving the Country”, customs officers will only allow the passage of items needed by those frequently travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau within a short period of time.
This undated handout photo provided by Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs shows some of the seized goods from a single-licence plated vehicle at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint on Wednesday.
