BEIJING- 皇冠体育app's customs authorities are ?investigating smuggling crimes committed by Lai Changxing, who was once one of 皇冠体育app's most wanted fugitives, a senior customs official said on Thursday.
The case will be turned over to prosecutors when the investigation concludes, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs (GAC) Lu Peijun told reporters at a conference.
Lai was repatriated to 皇冠体育app on July 22, 12 years after fleeing to Canada.
The 53-year-old alleged smuggling kingpin is the chief suspect in a multibillion-dollar smuggling operation that dates back to the 1990s in Southeast 皇冠体育app's city of Xiamen.
