The Municipal Tobacco and Liquor Joint Inspection Team, together with the police, seized the illegal cigarette manufacturing group and seized illegal cigarettes with a market value of 65 million yuan.

(Provided by the Bureau of Finance)

[Reporter Xie Wuxiong/Taoyuan Report] The Taoyuan City Government, together with the police, implemented the "National Simultaneous Investigation and Anti-smuggling of Smuggled Tobacco and Alcohol Project". At the end of last month, the largest mobile underground cigarette factory in Taoyuan was seized in a remote iron factory in Pingzhen District, and the market price was seized. As high as 65 million yuan in illicit cigarettes, the initial estimate is that manufacturers evade tobacco taxes and donate health to about 42.83 million yuan. In addition, Article 47 of the Tobacco and Alcohol Management Law stipulates that those who have bad cigarettes containing substances that are seriously harmful to human health can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years. A fine of more than 300,000 yuan and less than 60 million yuan may be imposed.

In addition, according to Article 45 of the Tobacco and Alcohol Management Law, those who produce and manufacture illicit cigarettes with a seized value of more than 1 million yuan may be fined 1 to 5 times, with a maximum limit of 10 million yuan. Since the seized market price is as high as 65 million yuan, this case will be fined 10 million yuan. A fine of 10,000 yuan will be sent to the relevant unit for testing as to whether it contains harmful substances to the human body.

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The Tobacco and Liquor Joint Inspection and Prohibition Team of the Finance Bureau of Taoyuan City Government worked with the police to carry out the project and seized a private and inferior tobacco production group headed by a man surnamed Shen. A total of 761,857 packs of illicit cigarettes were sold, with a market price of about 65 million yuan.

The inspection team found that in order to avoid the risk of smuggling and high taxes, the man surnamed Shen used various channels to disperse imported filters, cigarette paper and low-quality tobacco, and then stored them in hidden places in the north, central and south, and engaged in large-scale production of illicit cigarettes. After several months of intensive investigation, the task force locked down the movement of the group. Seeing that the time was ripe, it was launched during the "National Simultaneous Investigation and Anti-smuggling of Smuggled Tobacco and Alcohol Project" this year, and successfully cracked down on the large-scale mobile phone in the hidden iron factory in Pingzhen District. An underground cigarette factory.

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The Municipal Tobacco and Liquor Joint Inspection Team, together with the police, seized the illegal cigarette manufacturing group and seized various cigarette-making machinery.

(Provided by the Bureau of Finance)