Hong Kong customs officers have intercepted more cross-border trucks suspected of smuggling petrol into the city as fuel prices surge amid the war in the Middle East.
Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat said on Wednesday that some of the vehicles had even enlarged their fuel tanks to carry more petrol for supplying illegal petrol stations.
“In the past few weeks, we have uncovered many such cases involving cars that had enlarged their fuel tank capacity and made other modifications,”…