A Surrey man has been fined more than $6,500 after pleading guilty May 5 to attempting to evade duty.
According to Canada Border Services Agency, Yu Long Zhu entered the plea in Richmond Provincial Court. The fine is duties and taxes owed on a watch Zhu told border officers he bought in Hong Kong two years ago, but never declared.
The watch is valued at about $35,000. The payment evasion was discovered Dec. 14, 2010, when Zhu returned to Canada after travelling to China. Border officers noticed his Patek Philippe watch during a secondary examination.