Marine Police seize computer goods worth about $0.6 million
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     Marine Police have seized a large quantity of computer hard disks worth about $0.6 million in an anti-smuggling operation in Tai Po this morning (March 27).

     About 3am, officers of Marine Outer Waters District Task Force and Marine North Division spotted six men unloading goods from a light goods vehicle onto a speedboat at a public pier near Tai Po Waterfront Park in Tai Po. The men at the scene fled in the speedboat when they saw police officers, leaving the light goods vehicle.

     A total of 27 boxes of computer hard disks worth about $0.6 million were seized from the vehicle.

     The case will be handed over to the Customs and Excise Department for further investigation.

Police Report No. 1
Issued by PPRB

End/Thursday, March 27, 2008
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