A Hong Kong citizen was arrested by Macao Customs for smuggling dried seafood and New Year goods valued at MOP$1 million (HK$986,840) to China. Macao Customs was tipped off by a resident that a vacant premise in Centro Comercial Vong Kam has been used as a storehouse by a smuggling ring. Officers then tracked a 53-year-old man, surnamed Chan, and found him distributing bags of luggage to three parallel traders aged 53 to 66 at Portas do Cerco on Monday morning. The Customs arrested Chan for being responsible for bringing and distributing the smuggled goods. The three traders admitted they were helping Chan to bring the goods back to the mainland, getting paid HK$360 for each arrangement.

Source: The Standard January 10, 2023 02:35 UTC