Guangzhou Daily Shenzhen News (All media reporter Cui Ningning correspondent Hu Qingshui, Xu Chuan reports) Pulling a line over the land border of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, using a winch, pulley to smuggling smuggled goods, commonly known as 'flying line smuggling'. Today, smugglers use ' Blacktech's improved this smuggling technique. The drone flew over the Shenzhen River to set up a 200-meter 'flying line' at high altitude. It could lift 15,000 mobile phones overnight.
In the early hours of February 1st, 2018, Shenzhen Customs launched a mission 2018-01 in connection with various departments in Shenzhen and Hong Kong Customs. The first shot was taken in the Shenzhen Customs District against smuggling activities in 2018, and one was found in Liantang, Shenzhen. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong border area used the drone 'flying line' to smuggle a criminal network for imported electronic products. It destroyed six smuggling gangs and captured 26 criminal suspects. The preliminary estimate involved a case value of up to 500 million yuan. Shenzhen Customs stated that the use of no The method of smuggling the 'flying line' by people's stands is rare, and it is also the first time that customs authorities have seized it.
UAV flies over Shenzhen River Line
Shenzhen Customs case handlers introduced that in the second half of 2017, the Shenzhen Customs had received reports from the public that smuggling gangs were using the drone 'flying line' to smuggling electronic products in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong border area of Luofang Village, Luohu District, Shenzhen.
After receiving the report, the Shenzhen Customs attached great importance and promptly reported the clues to the Shenzhen Hai Phong Private Office, quickly handing in elite personnel to form a joint action team to carry out an in-depth investigation. After several months of investigation and evidence collection, the Action Team gradually grasped the laws of the smuggling gangs. , gang composition and crime flow etc.
According to the investigation, several smuggling gangs headed by Wu Mou rented two high-rise rental houses in a district of Yanfang Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Shenzhen. From midnight to 5:00 a.m. The line (commonly known as 'flying line') connects Shenzhen-Hong Kong smuggling dens, using the 'fly line' from the Hong Kong side, smuggling a large number of refurbished iPhones to Shenzhen.
Both of these smuggling sites are on more than 20 high-rise buildings. The balconies and bedrooms are in the direction of Hong Kong. The open field of vision can give you an overview of the surrounding situation. The reporter observed at one of the high-level smuggling spots that the community was close to the Shenzhen-Hong Kong border. The river is separated from the Shenzhen River by only one two-lane road. The river is less than 5 meters wide. On the other side of the river is a large site near Lin Ma Hang Village in Ta Kwu Ling, Hong Kong. Smugglers set up equipment such as winches in the bedroom to carry out the 'flying line'. ' Operation, set up a 'watching water' on the balcony to observe the surrounding environment.
The investigators explained that the window rails in the bedroom had been dismantled, and the pulley track was installed from the window to the door frame. The 'flying line' winch was placed near the window. The reporter found a lot of wire in the house, with a very thin fishing line, and slightly Rough black leather line.
The smugglers first used the drone to carry the lighter fishing line and flew over the Shenzhen River from the bedroom window to reach the construction site on the opposite side of the Shenzhen River in Hong Kong. The opposite person in Hong Kong fixed the thread to a tree and pulled it to black Leather bearing line. After the 'flying line' line is set up, the pulley and stranding device are used to transport the smuggled goods on the line. The other line is connected to a village house next to the construction site.
One night smuggling 15,000 mobile phones
The reporter saw in smuggling sites that smugglers’ equipment was professional and many equipment was carefully considered. 'The wire is all black and it is hard to find in the night', said Chen Liang, deputy section chief of the investigation bureau of Wenjindu Sub-branch of the Shenzhen Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau. 5. The pulley is set up on the wooden ladder and the motor is used to turn the winch to pull the mobile phone.
According to Chen Liang, a line unmanned is about 200 meters long and can carry a small canvas bag with more than a dozen mobile phones in 50 seconds. Each line runs about 4 to 5 people. Two lines From midnight to early morning, up to 15,000 mobile phones can be smuggled into and out of the city. After dawn, smugglers hide and remove the lines.
Several smuggling motors were discovered at the scene, and several of them have been burned out, showing that the amount of smuggling on a daily basis is particularly large. When the motor is working, noise is inevitable. In order to prevent neighbors from perceiving, smugglers have specially laid carpets. Silence and shock absorption, cargo smuggling immediately after entry into the package transferred to other dens shipped to various places, which brings a lot of difficulties to the customs inspection.
'According to our investigation, the smugglers started very quietly in the evening and basically did not bother the residents next to them. They can say that everything is very careful. 'The introduction of Chen Liang. The reporter also randomly interviewed residents of the community. They all indicated that they had previously It is not obvious that there are smugglers related activities.
Smuggled into millions of dollars a month
The investigators claimed that since 2016, Wu Gang’s gangs have taken orders from a number of Mainland customers in Hong Kong to smuggle and smuggle goods such as Apple mobile phones, most of which are Apple’s refurbished mobile phones and a small part of new mobile phones. According to the value, they collect smuggling from Mainland customers. With the entry of 'worker's fee', the goods are smuggled into the country and delivered to the customer.
According to the suspect's confession, each refurbished cell phone can earn between 20 and 30 yuan to take a worker's fee. Smuggling a newest cell phone can earn nearly 100 yuan. Due to the use of drones, smugglers also rely on the weather, the environment and the market. Such comprehensive factors as considering whether to carry out smuggling activities may start for more than 10 days a month. According to preliminary estimates, smugglers can earn several million yuan a month.
The investigators also explained that the members of the gang are mostly the same family or fellow countrymen, such as the Wu group responsible for customs clearance mainly for the Heyuan nationality; the group responsible for the cargo haulage is mainly the Haifeng membership. The gang is organized, the division of labor is clear, and they are only responsible for their own links. Operation, single contact between each other, when carrying out smuggling activities, the gang leader in remote control in Hong Kong.
During the smuggling process, members of the gang are highly vigilant and have strong anti-surveillance capabilities. Smugglers arrange observation posts at many places around the site to 'see the water' and even buy residential property security assistance to 'see water' to monitor the surrounding environment of the smuggling site. , providing cover for smuggling activities.
The preliminary estimate of the case amounted to 500 million yuan
In the early morning of February 1st this year, following the completion of the preliminary investigation, Shenzhen Customs, under the overall coordination of the Shenzhen Haiphong and Private Gaming Office and the Guangdong Branch, joined the Customs and Excise Department, the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau, and the Sixth Detachment of the Guangdong Public Security Frontier Defense Corps. Criminal gangs carry out arrests.
At about 5 o'clock in the morning, the leader of the gang, Wu, was successfully arrested after entering the Huanggang Port. The headquarters immediately issued a net order, more than 260 Customs officers of the private sector, local police and border police, and 29 action teams in Shenzhen Luohu. , Fukuda and other action points simultaneously capture the target character, and check the warehouse.
At the same time, at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong border of Luofang Village, with the completion of a 'flying line' smuggling activity, the policemen who were observing around the smuggling site quickly slammed the smugglers and 26 suspects of the six smuggling gangs were all arrested. Including two residential property personnel.
Law enforcement officers seized on the spot 4,000 smuggled mobile phones of various brands suspected of smuggling in and smuggling drones, iron wheel winches, fishing lines and other 'flying line' smuggling tools. According to the evidence held by the Customs, preliminary estimates The case involved in the case was worth 500 million yuan.
The Customs and Excise Department also launched a simultaneous operation, successfully arrested three persons involved and seized about 900 mobile phones, as well as a number of smuggling tools such as 'flying lines' and canvas bags.
According to the notification from Shenzhen Customs, the mobile phone smuggled into the smuggling gang is mainly a refurbished machine. The refurbished machine is flooded into the domestic market. Apart from bringing economic losses to consumers, it will bring certain personalities to consumers due to safety issues during use. harm.