Guangdong Marine Police cracked a case of smuggling frozen products worth about 40 million yuan.
Zhongxin. com, Guangzhou, June 6 (Fang Weibin, Jiang Xiaobo, Wang Xisong) Guangdong Marine Police Bureau reported on the 6 th that recently, it seized a batch of suspected smuggled frozen products in the waters of Zhanjiang Port, Guangdong Province, seized an iron-clad transport ship on the spot, and arrested three suspects. The frozen products were about 485 tons, and the case value was about 40 million yuan.
According to the report, at 0: 20 on May 30, the Guangdong Marine Police received a report from the masses that there were smuggling activities in the waters near Zhanjiang Port in Zhanjiang City. The bureau immediately assigned the law enforcement boat of Zhanjiang Marine Police Bureau of Guangdong Province to the target sea area for investigation.
At about 1 o’clock, the law enforcement boat arrived at the target sea area. After searching the sea, it was found that a ship was very suspicious. Law enforcement officers quickly locked the suspected ship, shouted a warning to it and stopped the ship for inspection. However, the suspected ship refused to cooperate with the inspection in an attempt to speed up the escape. Law enforcement officers immediately pursued it and intercepted the suspected ship in the waters off Zhanjiang Seaside Shipyard, and controlled three suspects on the spot.
After investigation, it was found that the suspected ship was an iron transport ship, with a cargo hold behind the bridge. The cargo hold was filled with white and black plastic woven bags, which contained about 485 tons of frozen products such as beef, brisket, tripe, beef tendon and donkey offal of unknown origin, with a case value of about 40 million yuan. The crew on board failed to provide proof of the relevant legal origin of the goods loaded on board, and law enforcement officers detained the ship and frozen products according to law.
At present, the case is under further investigation.