Hong Kong Marine Police Tuesday arrested two men after the seizure of 35 million HK dollars (4.52 million U.S. dollars) worth of suspected smuggled goods off north of East Ping Chau.

According to a press release from the Hong Kong Police on Wednesday, officers of the Small Boat Division spotted an unlit cargo vessel steering towards north of East Ping Chau in an anti- crime and smuggling operation in east and north waters Tuesday night.

Police vessels then tailed on it and finally stopped the target vessel off north of East Ping Chau and took it back to East Ping Chau pier for inquiry.

About 2 million video compact discs in 1,363 boxes with a total market value of about 35 million HK dollars were found on the vessel. Upon inquiries, no manifest could be produced for inspection and the two men, aged between 55 and 51, on board the cargo vessel were arrested for attempting to export unmanifested cargo.

They are still being detained for inquiries. The case will be handed over to the Customs and Excise Department for follow-up action.

Source: Xinhua