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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1991
CUSTOMS AND POLICE JOINT OPERATION AT LO WỤ CARGO YARD
THE CUSTOMS
AND
* *
EXCISE DEPARTMENT
AND THE POLICE TODAY
(THURSDAY) CONTINUED THEIR CLAMP-DOWN ON ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON BOARD FREIGHT WAGONS COMING FROM CHINA,
WU CARGO YARD, OFFICERS IN AN OPERATION CONDUCTED AT THE LO
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA AND TO DETECT SEARCHED THE WAGONS
PARTICULAR FIREARMS AND CONTRABAND CONCEALED AMONG CARGOES, IN AMMUNITION.
AN ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE CUSTOMS CONTROL
POINTS
COMMAND, MR LEUNG HO, SAID THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WHICH MIGHT OCCUR ON ONGOING EFFORTS IN CURBING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BOARD FREIGHT WAGONS.
[LI
BFFORTS MR LEUNG SAID.
AND
SIMILAR
"THERE
BE WILL
NO LET-UP IN OUR OPERATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN FUTURE,
TODAY'S OPERATION WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. POLICE OFFICERS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA. FIRST SEARCHED ALL FREIGHT WAGONS
THE CARGO. THEN CUSTOMS OFFICERS TOOK OVER AND SEARCHED
EIGHT POLICE DETECTOR DOGS WERE ALSO
USED TO ASSIST IN THE
OPERATION.
OF
NEW LUNAR
YEAR
THE THE
AND
RECENT APPROACH WITH THE
THE POLICE AT TAI PO, MR DISCOVERY OF THREE TONS OF FIREWORKS BY
ΤΟ NOT
BRING THE PUBLIC ΤΟ TOOK THE LEUNG
REMIND OPPORTUNITY
RETURN FROM FIREWORKS, SUCH AS FIRECRACKERS, INTO HONG KONG ON THEIR CHINA.
CONVICTED OF FINE
"UNDER THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE, ANY PERSON STORING DANGEROUS GOODS WITHOUT A LICENCE IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM
HE SAID. OF $25,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT,
THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED
"
BRING NOT TO
INTO HONG KONG ANTIBIOTICS AND PART OTHER PROHIBITED ITEMS, SUCH AS DANGEROUS DRUGS, I POISONS. CONTRAVENTION WILL BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER RELEVANT ORDINANCES.
THE QUANTITIES OF DUTIABLE GOODS IMPORTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS IN ARE THEIR BAGGAGE FOR THEIR OWN USE WHICH MIGHT BE EXEMPTED FROM DUTY AS FOLLOWS:
LIQUOR
ONE LITRE OF STILL WINE
TOBACCO
-
100 CIGARETTES OR 25 CIGARS OR 125 GRAMS OF SMOKERS' TOBACCO
PERFUME
60 MILLILITRES
TOILET WATER
250 MILLILITRES
"PASSENGERS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE ARE NOT
QUALIFIED ΤΟ
BRING
IN LIQUOR OR TOBACCO," HE ADDED.
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