Shantou City Continues Fight Against Smuggling

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 ◆ Shantou City Continues Fight Against Smuggling

The customs bureau of Shantou city in south China's Guangdong Province dealt with 325 cases of smuggling last year, with the value of smuggled commodities estimated at 155 million yuan (about 18.68 million U.S. dollars).

In the past year, local customs officers also dealt with 697 cases of violation of relevant rules and regulations, and confiscated cargo worth 166 million yuan (about 20 million U.S. dollars).

In the same period, local customs officers detained 129 smuggling suspects, and turned in 135 million yuan (about 16.27 million U.S. dollars) in fines to the state revenue.

Shantou is one of China's five special economic zones and a port city.