3 arrested after HK$11.3 million in suspected illicit proceeds and cigarettes seized

Hong Kong customs has arrested three members of a local syndicate suspected of selling illicit cigarettes and laundering money, seizing about 2.2 million untaxed products and alleged criminal proceeds of HK$11.3 million (US$1.4 million). The Customs and Excise Department said on Wednesday that officers raided five residential flats a day earlier, arresting two men aged 31 and 37, and a 35-year-old