In order to further strengthen local market regulation and crackdown on various illegal activities related to tobacco, recently, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, has focused on the key areas of the "Hurricane Action" promotion, innovated its market regulation ideas, and focused on the "three major battlefields" of illegal tobacco flow, logistics delivery, and special vehicle transportation. Within just 5 days, it has uncovered three major cases of tobacco-related illegal activities, seized a total of 6,136 illegal cigarettes valued at 1.2 million yuan, and played the "strongest voice" in the summer tobacco market supervision and protection battle.
On the morning of August 18, 2022, law enforcement officials from the tobacco monopoly bureau in the Xiaoshan district, after tracking and investigating the storage locations and activities of a large-scale illegal cigarette vendor, joined forces with the police to take targeted action and successfully raided a warehouse. They discovered a case of illegal trafficking of cigarettes worth over 570,000 yuan. They seized 39 cardboard boxes and 5 black plastic bags containing 2,546 illegal cigarettes of 93 different varieties, including Tianzi (Gold) 123.00 and Dongchongxiacao (Double Zhongzi). This operation severely deterred the audacity of the illegal vendors.
On the evening of August 22, 2022, the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Xiaoshan District, based on intelligence clues, collaborated with the local public security department and with the assistance of the high-speed traffic police, seized a fake cigarette transport vehicle at the Linpu exit of Hangzhou Xiaoshan District Hangjinqu Expressway (G60). A total of 1,500 packs of cigarettes, including brands such as Liqun (long-tipped) and Yunnan (purple), were found on site, with a value of over 200,000 yuan. This is the fourth such case of counterfeit cigarette transport vehicles intercepted by the bureau this year. At 11 pm that same night, the Xiaoshan District Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, based on an analysis of the express delivery manifest, carried out more than 10 hours of continuous search and seizure at a local express transfer station. A total of 2,090 packs of cigarettes, including Liqun (soft long-tipped) and Liqun (Xizi Sunshine), were suspected of being illegally transported without a license, with a value exceeding 420,000 yuan. This effectively cuts off the illegal circulation channels for cigarettes.
Since the beginning of this year, the tobacco monopoly bureau in Xiaoshan district has focused on intelligence construction, strengthened the use of data, and as of present, has confiscated more than 100,000 illegal cigarettes with a total value of over 18 million yuan, effectively safeguarding local cigarette market harmony and stability.
In the next phase, the tobacco monopoly bureau in Xiaoshan district will continue to strengthen its joint supervision mechanism with multiple departments. It will focus on data analysis and targeted measures, maintaining a high-pressure situation to crack down on any illegal activities related to tobacco. Efforts will be made to effectively maintain the order of the cigarette market.
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