Today (Friday), the Department of Education and Youth Development (DSEDJ) contacts schools for minors aged 14 to 16 who are involved in cross-border parallel transactions and dispatches counselors to help teens. Announced that it was done.
Macau Daily reports that a cross-border smuggling group has recently been confiscated and four students aged 14 to 16 studying at the same school are trading in parallel at the border gate. I was caught.
Students claim that they do not know each other and charge a “shipping fee” of RMB 260 (MOP313.6 / US $ 38.8) each time to bring old mobile phones and other used electronic products to Zhuhai.
Macau Customs has shown that it believes that the smuggling group contacted three boys and one schoolgirl involved via WeChat while notifying DSEDJ and the student’s school.
Customs also said that the student received the goods from a store and a hidden aft room in Rua Norte do Canaldas Hortas, which is run by eight adults who handed the goods to minor students.
Eight adult suspects have been charged with violating foreign trade laws, two of whom hold local residents, two of whom hold family visit visas and tourist visas, and four non-resident workers on suspicion of illegal employment. Will be reported to. (DSAL).
Meanwhile, DSEDJ said in today’s announcement that the agency has contacted relevant schools to request that students strengthen their moral education on legal awareness and that a group of counselors have been dispatched to assist young people.
DSEDJ also emphasized that schools need to educate their students that under no circumstances can they carry items for strangers when crossing customs borders.
If a student encounters a situation where they are used to deliver goods, are coerced, or are tempted, they should say no to such behavior and seek help from the police.
According to Macau Customs, a total of 48 actions have been taken against parallel trade since January this year, with a total of 27.23 million MOP of goods seized.
