Hong Kong Customs in the past two weeks consecutively detected 42 suspected cases of importing medicines not under and in accordance with a valid licence at Lok Ma Chau Control Point, and seized a total of 1 840 cartons of medicines connected with the cases. Together with the cases announced on September 30, Customs has seized suspected illegally imported medicines with an estimated market value of about $17.8 million as of October 6. The market value of the goods has exceeded that of the total seizures of last year, which amounted to $15.5 million. Twenty persons have been arrested in this series of cases. Photo shows some of the suspected illegally imported medicines seized.
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