Shenzhen and Hong Kong Customs to deal with "water passenger" smuggling

Source: "Economic Daily"

Recently, the customs offices of Shenzhen and Hong Kong have jointly launched a special campaign to build a "shield of the country" and combat the smuggling of "water passengers".

The relevant person in charge of Shenzhen Customs said that the high-level customs of the two places held a meeting recently and decided to set up a joint command group for special operations, deploy joint operations, and strengthen mutual assistance in law enforcement such as monitoring, intelligence exchanges, on-site reporting, and on-site order management at ports to strengthen the management of "water passengers". "The crackdown on smuggling and car smuggling illegal activities.
It is understood that "water passengers" refer to those who are employed to break down smuggled goods into pieces, and adopt the method of entering multiple times a day and carrying a small amount each time. During the period, a group of smugglers who earn wages with wages. They tied up a large number of smuggled goods and hid them on their bodies, or hid them in luggage bags, special clothes, etc., to avoid inspection by customs officers in both places. The smuggling behavior of "water offenders" has seriously disrupted the normal order of the market economy and foreign trade, and on the other hand, it has also brought security risks to the society, especially the areas around the ports.
In January this year, the General Administration of Customs launched a special campaign against smuggling under the "Shield of the Country" across the country, of which the "water passenger" special treatment is an important part. According to statistics, from January to August this year, Shenzhen Customs carried out 6 special operations to sort out the "Shui Ke" smuggling gangs, destroyed 31 "Shui Ke" gangs, and seized various electronic products, red wine and other items worth more than 1.3 billion yuan.