Hong Kong customs officers have arrested five men for attempting
to smuggle computer hard-disks worth of 2.3 million Hong Kong
dollars (295,231 U.S. dollars) in the northwest of Hong Kong, said
a government press release on Friday.
The press release said that officers spotted the offenders
loading the smuggled goods from a lorry to a speedboat using a
forklift on Thursday night. It is believed the syndicate was
attempting to smuggle the computer parts to the Chinese mainland
using radio transceivers to communicate with accomplices.
The officers seized 2,710 hard-disks and two radio transceivers,
and impounded a lorry, a forklift and a speedboat. Five men, aged
21 to 61, were arrested, the press release said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 15, 2007)