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Two men visiting Hong Kong were caught with about US$330,000 cash by mainland Chinese customs officers after trying to cross from the Luohu border checkpoint building on Monday, authorities said.
The US dollar banknotes from the two men were hidden inside the books, pillow and bags of cake to smuggle the cash to Hong Kong, the report said.
According to the General Administration of Customs on Monday, the two men departing in a group were stopped at the Luohu border checkpoint building in recent days after an X-ray scanner detected abnormalities in their luggage.
It was said that a total of thirty-five stacks of US$100 of about US$330,000 were thereafter discovered hidden in their luggage.
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Under mainland laws, inbound and outbound passengers carrying over 20,000 yuan, or more than US$5,000 or an equivalent amount in other foreign currencies, in cash, must make a declaration to customs.
大陸海關抓獲兩名內地男子經香港邊境走私33萬美元
當局稱，兩名前往香港的男子週一在試圖從羅湖邊境檢查站大樓過境時被中國大陸海關人員抓獲，他們攜帶約 33 萬美元現金。
報道稱，兩名男子的美元鈔票藏在書籍、枕頭和蛋糕袋內，試圖將現金走私到香港。
據海關總署週一稱，這兩名結伴出境的男子近日在羅湖邊境檢查站大樓被攔下，原因是X光掃描儀檢測到他們的行李有異常。
據稱，他們的行李中共發現了35堆價值100美元的物品，價值約33萬美元。
根據內地法律，進出境旅客攜帶超過2萬元人民幣、超過5000美元或等值其他外幣現金，必須向海關申報。
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