According to statistics announced Wednesday by customs officials and anti-smuggling forces, the goods involved in the cases are worth over 1.11 billion yuan.

An official of the city’s customs, involved in the crackdown campaign on smuggling, said Fuzhou City was got involved in the year-long anti-smuggling campaign that started from the early 2000.

Customs collected a total of 21.88 million yuan (US$2.64 million) in fines and 85.37 million yuan in taxes. Police also detained or arrested 70 suspect smugglers, 14 of them were sent to serve imprisonment.

Among the smuggling cases, seven involve the illegal trafficking of foreign-made cigarettes, with a total volume of 11, 680 boxes.

(Xinhua 01/11/2001)