Customs have shut down a northern Lantau Island-based smuggling syndicate, arresting seven men and seizing smuggled goods worth $22 million.

At about 1am today, officers swooped on a public carpark near a cargo terminal of the International Airport and the nearby waterfront.

They seized the goods including high-value electronic goods, computer hard disks, integrated circuit chips, mobile phones and accessories. Officers arrested the seven local men, aged 20 to 47, and impounded seven vehicles.