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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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