HONG KONG — Hong Kong customs said on Monday (April 8) it has made the biggest gold smuggling bust in its history, seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as air compressor parts at the city's international airport.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong customs said on Monday it has made the biggest gold smuggling bust in its history, seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as air compressor parts at the city's international airport. Hong Kong customs officers display smuggled gold after seizing 146kg of the precious metal disguised as air compressor parts at the city's international airport in Hong Kong on April 8, 2024.
"This is the largest gold smuggling case in our Hong Kong Customs record," said Mr Lau Yuk-lung, the customs' syndicate crimes bureau acting chief. Mr Lau said in this latest case the syndicate"racked their brains" to make use of the space and structure of the air compressors to hide the gold.
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