GUANGDONG: The police have vowed to continue to advance cooperation and exchanges with counterparts from the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions to intensify efforts to crack down on illegal border crossings and smuggling.
The move aims to ensure safe waters at the mouth of the Pearl River to better serve the region’s economic and trade activities, according to Lin Weixiong, deputy director-general of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Public Security.
Lin made his remarks at a news conference in the Guangdong capital, noting police across the province had detained 1,262 suspects, plus another 4,463 stowaways, after cracking 378 cases involving illegal border crossings in the first half of the year.
The crackdown launched by Guangdong police and their Hong Kong counterparts had dealt a heavy blow to illegal crossings in the waters of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.
“Some criminal gangs that used to be active in the province have been busted. Meanwhile, the crackdown on illegal border-crossing has helped fill loopholes in pandemic prevention and control and built a strong protective screen against imported Covid-19 cases,” he said. — China Daily/ANN
