Macau Customs Service officers raided a parallel-trading den in the peninsula’s northern district on Tuesday where they seized 150 kilogrammes of frozen pork tripe worth around 7,000 patacas in total.
According to a statement on Tuesday night, the officers caught a 40-year-old local woman who ran the den and hired parallel traders to smuggle frozen pork tripe and other goods from Macau to the mainland.
The woman will be fined in compliance with the relevant provisions listed in the External Trade Law, the statement said.
Moreover, the statement added, the woman violated the Food Safety Law as the supposedly frozen pork tripe was stored merely at room temperature, adding that the Customs Service has meanwhile transferred the case to the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) for follow-up action.
This handout photo released by the Macau Customs Service on Tuesday night shows the seized frozen pork tripe.
