Smuggling Case Involving Tour Guides at Tianjin Airport

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Mar.28.2024
Smuggling Case Involving Tour Guides at Tianjin Airport
Tianjin Customs uncovers case of tour guide manipulating tourists to smuggle goods, resulting in confiscation of electronics, cigarettes, and alcohol.

According to a report from China News Network on March 28th, on March 22nd, Tianjin Binhai Airport Customs discovered that multiple passengers' luggage contained items with extremely high similarity in X-ray images and quantities during routine inspections of incoming passengers and luggage, and that none of them had declared these items to customs.

 

After an in-depth investigation into an abnormal situation, Tianjin Binhai Airport Customs confirmed that this was a case of tour guides manipulating tour group tourists to carry excess items into the country with the intention of making financial gains. Following a on-site count, customs officials seized 36,000 electronic pods, 1,000 packs of cigarettes, 4 smoking accessories, and 8 bottles of wine.

 

The situation has been appropriately handled, and the outcome of the related actions will be announced in due course.

 

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