CGA seizes smuggled cigarettesBy Ou Su-mei and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThirteen shipping containers of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted on Tuesday at the Port of Taichung, the Coast Guard Administration’s (CGA) Investigation Branch announced yesterday, adding that the seizure’s potential market value of NT$500 million (US$16.94 million) could be a record. The ship had a crew of 12 Indonesians and 12 Chinese, as well as a Taiwanese chief engineer surnamed Kuo (郭). Coast Guard Administration officers unload bales of smuggled cigarettes from a shipping container in the Port of Taichung yesterday after intercepting the shipment on Tuesday. Cartons and packs of smuggled Chinese Double Happiness cigarettes are displayed in Taichung yesterday after being seized by the Coast Guard Administration. However, the vessel entered the harbor at 11am, and the CGA seized the opportunity to board the ship and inspect its cargo, Liu added.

Source: Taipei Times August 26, 2020 15:56 UTC