High school girl buys marijuana online abroad
Recently, Wuhan Customs reported that in the "National Sword 2019" joint special action, a total of 157 illegal smuggling cases of all kinds were investigated and handled in the first half of this year, with a case value of more than 100 million yuan and more than 6.3 million yuan involved in taxes. Among them, 22 criminal cases were filed, with a value of more than 16.26 million yuan.
Smuggling and trafficking of marijuana after 1995
On March 19, Wuhan Tianhe Airport post office and customs staff inspected inbound express and found that there was something wrong with a parcel. After opening the package inspection, it was found that there was a vacuum plastic bag with plant leaves in the express. Tests confirmed that the bag contained marijuana.
This express was sent from the United States, and the delivery address was a Courier locker in a residential district in Wuhan. After contacting with the local public security organs, the police decided to pretend to deliver the express normally, and notified the recipient to pick up the parcel by phone.
"Unexpectedly came to pick up the package is actually two underage girls, they do not think they have broken the law, but also said that many friends around are smoking marijuana." According to Ma Wenli, director of the anti-smuggling branch office of Wuhan Tianhe Airport Customs, the two girls, who are high school students at an international school in Wuhan, are well-off and bought more than 630 grams of marijuana online from the United States for their own consumption.
Wuhan Customs dug deep and arrested another 4 young people, all born after 1995, who were involved in smuggling and selling marijuana. At present, the suspects have all been taken compulsory measures, the case is still under further handling.
In the first half of this year, with the strong cooperation and support of local public security, the anti-smuggling department of Wuhan Customs filed 6 cases of drug smuggling, arrested 14 suspects, seized 1228.71 grams of marijuana, 3555.53 grams of methamphetamine, 1360 grams of heroin, and 2884.49 grams of hemp.
Smuggling of dried chili thousands of tons
560 containers, 1,100 tons of dried chili, ordered from India but through the form of transit trade to Vietnam, and then from Guangxi, Yunnan entry, with forged origin, forged quarantine certificates, forged trade nature of the way to smuggle...
At the end of last year, Wuhan Customs received Wuhan people Shao Mou through the middleman smuggling of dried chili into the intelligence. After investigation, it was found that Shao ordered a large number of dried chilies not only to Wuhan, but also to many regions in China.
According to reports, the successful investigation of this case has practical guiding significance for the investigation of similar cases in China, and is the only inland Customs anti-smuggling department selected by the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of the first batch of tax-related typical cases in 2019.
At the beginning of this year, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs held a rolling combat and promotion meeting on dried pepper smuggling in Wuhan. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Wuhan Customs distributed smuggled dried chili to 20 Chinese customs anti-smuggling bureaus attending the meeting. After two rounds of concentrated crackdown by Chinese Customs, nearly 50 cases of smuggled dried chili were filed and investigated, with the value of the cases exceeding 1 billion yuan and the tax involved exceeding 400 million yuan.
Passengers carrying ivory products
Starting with the clue of a passenger carrying ivory products into the country, Wuhan Customs gradually uncovered the criminal facts of a smuggling gang that smuggled ivory products into the country through personal carrying and luggage hiding. 28 pieces of exquisite ivory products were seized and recovered.
It is understood that Wuhan Customs has further promoted the campaign to crack down on the smuggling of ivory and other endangered species. In the first half of this year, a total of 5 cases of smuggling of ivory and its products were filed and investigated, 8 suspects were arrested, and a total of 9,405.19 grams of smuggled ivory and its products were seized and recovered.
In addition, Wuhan Customs also investigated the "1¡¤31" smuggling orchid case, seized the "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora" Appendix II listed in the national ban on the import and export of rare plant orchid seedlings 872. (Reporter Liu Zhiyue Intern Shen He Correspondent Yuan Jian)