BEIJING: The China Coast Guard has seized large quantities of cigarettes worth more than 100 million yuan (nearly 15 million U.S. dollars) in total, in two major suspected smuggling cases.
In a Sept. 25 operation, local maritime police seized a ship and arrested six people on Oujiang River in Wenzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, the authority said. The seized cigarettes in the case were worth 50 million yuan. That came after similar action was taken by maritime police in the sea off Zhuhai Jinwan Airport in south China’s Guangdong Province on Sept. 9. The action led to a ship seized and 11 people arrested.
The seized cigarettes in the case were worth 60 million yuan. – Agencies
