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• Arrests double for trading in illicit cigarettes ($$) 

Big leap in trade follows tax rise
Jump to full article: South China Morning Post, 2009-12-28
Author: Clifford Lo

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The number of people arrested over illegal cigarette activities has nearly doubled since the tobacco tax was increased by 50 per cent in February - the youngest a boy of 11 and the oldest a 95-year-old man.

Chow Chi-kwong, head of customs' revenue and general investigation bureau, said illegal traders tried to use children to smuggle cigarettes to lower the risk of being detected.

He said the 11-year-old boy was used by his mother

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