Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/20
By: Chen Chi-fong and Evelyn Kao

Kaohsiung, Aug. 20 (CNA) Kaohsiung Customs seized 216,000 packs of

Photo courtesy of Kaohsiung Customs

cigarettes worth NT$11 million (US$357,351) on the market that were being smuggled into the country in a shipment documented as consisting of ceramic tiles.

With the help of big data analytics, customs officials targeted and raided two suspicious containers that arrived on Aug. 18 in Kaohsiung Port on a cargo ship from Xiamen and were to be transferred to the Philippines, Kaohsiung Customs said Monday.    [FULL  STORY]