Customs cracked 360 million yuan watch smuggling case by water passengers.

　　Zhongxin. com, Guangzhou, May 30 (Reporter Xu Qingqing) The reporter learned from Huangpu Customs on the 30 th that the "HP2023-02" special campaign launched by Huangpu Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau has dispatched 307 police officers to carry out simultaneous arrests and investigations in Beijing, Xi ‘an, Zhuhai, Shenzhen and other places, and arrested 18 suspects, knocked out two smuggling gangs of water passengers in one fell swoop, and seized 100 brands suspected of smuggling imports on the spot.

　　According to reports, in 2022, when the Development Branch of Huangpu Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau was investigating a smuggling case of water passengers, the police handling the case found a large number of clues suspected of smuggling high-end watches from the criminal suspect’s mobile phone. "In the process of operating the clues, we found two smuggling gangs headed by Bai and Yang. The suspect Bai worked in Dubai for five years. During this period, he found that smuggling watches was profitable, so he and his friends Jiang and He jointly engaged in watch smuggling activities. After returning home, Bai and Jiang continued to cooperate and entrusted friends and colleagues abroad to continue to help them buy high-end watches and smuggle them into China for profit. The criminal suspect Yang’s smuggling method is similar to that of Bai’s gang. After buying high-end watches from abroad, they mailed them to Hong Kong and Macao, and then smuggled them into the country by ants moving. " Ye Kai, head of the Anti-smuggling Section of the Development Branch of Huangpu Customs Anti-smuggling Bureau, said.

　　It is reported that since 2020, smuggling criminal gangs have been entrusted by mainland shippers in Guangzhou and other places to purchase high-end brand watches from Japan, Canada and Hong Kong, China, smuggled them into the country through water passengers, and then delivered the smuggled goods to buyers through express delivery channels in the mainland.

　　"In the residence of a suspect, we also seized more than 60 famous watches suspected of smuggling and importing on the spot, with prices above RMB100,000, of which the most expensive watch is worth as much as 3.24 million yuan." Ye Kai said.

　　It is reported that at present, all the suspects involved in the case have arrived. The case is under further investigation.