Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs announced in statement yesterday that its officers seized 956.4 kilograms of red deer penises in three cars at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) on December 4.
According to the statement, on that day, customs officers at the bridge’s Zhuhai Port checkpoint arrivals lane noticed an abnormality during a routine X-ray scan of a Guangdong-Hong Kong dual plates vehicle.
Upon a follow-up inspection, the officers discovered several white insulated bags hidden in various parts of the vehicle, including the spare tyre compartment at the rear of the vehicle and the rear seat area. Customs officers seized 346.7 kilograms of frozen meat stained with blood.
Almost at the same time, customs officers noticed abnormalities when scanning two other Guangdong-Hong Kong dual-plate vehicles in the same lane and promptly intercepted them for inspection. Officers then discovered two batches of frozen meat concealed in identical places within both vehicles using the same concealment method. The contraband weighed 311.3 kilograms and 298.4 kilograms, respectively.
The three drivers admitted that they were travelling together and were hired to transport goods in exchange for a “delivery fee.”
Following professional examination, the three batches of frozen meat were all identified as frozen European red deer penises.
Gongbei Customs reminded the public that according to the “Catalogue of Animals, Plants, and Their Products and Other Quarantine Materials Prohibited from Being Carried or Mailed into the People’s Republic of China”, any [raw or cooked] meat [including offal] and its products are prohibited from being brought into the Chinese mainland without prior approval and a quarantine certificate issued by the official authority of the exporting country or region.
This undated handout photo provided by Zhuhai’s Gongbei Customs yesterday shows red deer penises seized by its officers at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on December 4.
