Gongbei Customs said in a statement yesterday that a local woman was caught smuggling for the third time in a span of one year, this time at Qingmao checkpoint on Sunday, adding that this is the first time since the checkpoint’s opening that customs officers caught a three-time parallel trade offender.
According to the statement, on Sunday at around 2:30 p.m., a Macau resident surnamed Vong tried to hide luxury clothes when passing Gongbei customs officers on her way to Zhuhai but was caught red-handed. The statement pointed out that after a follow-up investigation, a customs officer discovered that in May and October last year, the same woman smuggled cosmetics and cigarettes, and had been fined. The statement pointed out that those who smuggled three times in a span of a year could face imprisonment of up to three years.
The Gongbei Customs urged visitors leaving Macau not to smuggle luxury goods as it could lead to serious criminal consequences.
This handout photo provided by Gongbei Customs yesterday shows a local woman being caught at the Qingmao checkpoint for smuggling goods from Macau to the mainland on Sunday.
