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Truck with $1.8M in smuggled electronics seized by Hong Kong Customs — 670,000 undeclared chips and 80,000 PC hardware components

Smuggler(s) can face fines of over $250K, and up to seven years in prison.

Hong Kong Customs recently stopped a truck containing a mixed load of undeclared electronic components with an estimated market value of $1.8M (HK$14M). In this $1.8M smuggling case, investigators say undeclared electrics “were found mixed with other properly declared goods inside the [truck] container” last Wednesday. That’s great for residents and tourists, but mainland visitors, usually faced with 13% VAT, might be tempted to bring some local HK delights home and forget to declare them to customs.

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