Shenzhen captures record amount of illicit frozen freight   

深圳海關查獲大宗凍品走私案 現場繳獲60個貨柜

深圳海關12日對外公布，該關日前在關區海域開展“國門之盾”GS07行動，截獲一艘千余噸的走私船，現場繳獲60個貨柜的走私凍品共1800余噸，初估案值約6000萬元人民幣，涉稅約1200萬元。

Shenzhen (CNS) -- The Shenzhen customs office announced on Tuesday that a vessel intercepted in its administrative waters was attempting to smuggle in 60 containers carrying 1,800 tons of frozen foodstuffs worth about 60 million yuan (US$9.42 million) if legally imported, the tax value would have been 12 million yuan (US$ 1.88 million).

Five suspects involved in the city's biggest frozen freight smuggling case have been arrested. They claimed the iron vessel and its 18 crew members were sailing off the Chinese coast from Hong Kong, but in fact were steering the illicit frozen freight towards Chaozhou, Guangdong.

The authority spent seven days making an inventory of the goods – beef, chicken wings, pork tripe and seven other categories of frozen goods from the U.S., Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.