The Macau Customs Service (SA) said in a statement yesterday that it recently busted four parallel traders trying to smuggle second-hand mobile phones and Central Processing Units (CPU) from Macau to Zhuhai by walking through the Barrier Gate checkpoint.
The four suspects are from Macau and the mainland and aged between 22 and 46, the statement said.
Customs officers uncovered the cases last Tuesday to Saturday in which four men attempted to smuggle old mobile phones and CPUs out of Macau by tying them around their waists and legs.
Some of the men’s gait was unusual and their clothing was unusually bulky, which aroused the suspicion of Customs officers and prompted their inspection.
Macau customs has prosecuted those involved in accordance with the Foreign Trade Law, the maximum fine of which is 50,000 patacas, and the seized goods will also be confiscated.
Gongbei Customs nab man smuggling 1,400 dried centipedes
A man was caught smuggling 1,400 dried centipedes from Macau to the mainland when he was intercepted by customs officers in Zhuhai last month, according to a Gongbei Customs statement yesterday.
According to the statement, the man entered the mainland through the “nothing to declare” channel at the Macau-Zhuhai Qingmao pedestrian border checkpoint on November 7.
Customs officers found the X-ray image of the man’s luggage was suspicious and intercepted him, and found that the luggage he was carrying contained a packet of dried centipedes hidden in several sealed bags, with a net weight of about 2.65 kilograms, the statement said.
The Gongbei Customs reminded members of the public that according to the regulations, it is prohibited to take or send Chinese herbal medicines of animal origin into the mainland without the approval of the public entities and a quarantine certificate issued by the official organisations of the exporting country or region.
This undated photo shows 41 used mobile phones that were wrapped around the waist and legs of a man, trying to smuggle them from Macau to the mainland through the Barrier Gate checkpoint recently. – Photo provided by Macau Customs
