MACAU: Macau customs nab duo smuggling bogus goods, Macau Customs Service officers have busted a 53-year-old logistics company owner, surnamed Lai, and a 56-year-old driver, surnamed Kou, on suspicion of smuggling bogus goods into the city from the mainland before sending them on to a third destination.
Both male suspects are local residents, according to the Customs Service.
Customs Service spokesperson Ian Chan Un revealed details of the case during a press conference at the Customs headquarters in Barra here the other day.
Ian said the counterfeit items included mobile phones, watches, handbags and shoes, adding that officers discovered the items while inspecting 120 boxes of cargo at the airport on August 12. The officers found 34 boxes not listed on the manifest.
Ian said that Kou had brought the cargo into Macau from the mainland through the Cotai-Hengq