Hong Kong seizes 6 million illicit cigarettes, heated tobacco products

Hong Kong seizes 6 million illicit cigarettes, heated tobacco products

[South China Morning Post] - 03/7/2025

Two men arrested in separate customs operations, with goods seized worth HK$29 million.



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