Legal analysis: what kind of punishment should be considered according to the actual situation. In the case of proven ignorance, legally speaking, it does not constitute a crime without the subjective elements of the crime. Whoever knowingly helps others smuggle goods shall make a judgment according to the specific circumstances of the case. Whoever smuggles goods and articles with a taxable amount of more than 50,000 yuan shall bear criminal responsibility. However, if the smuggled goods are prohibited from being imported by the state, such as guns, ammunition, obscene articles, drugs, etc. Even if it is of little value, it will still constitute the crime of smuggling and drug smuggling and need to be punished accordingly.

Legal basis: Article 153 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Whoever smuggles goods and articles other than those specified in Articles 151, 152 and 347 of this Law shall be punished according to the seriousness of the case and the following provisions:

(1) Whoever smuggles goods and articles and evades a relatively large amount of tax payable, or who is given administrative punishment twice for smuggling within one year and smuggles again, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the tax payable.

(2) Whoever smuggles goods and articles and evades the tax payable is huge or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the tax payable.

(3) Whoever smuggles goods or articles and evades the tax payable is especially huge or has other especially serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the tax payable or confiscated of property. If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years. Those who smuggle many times without treatment shall be punished according to the accumulated tax payable on smuggled goods and articles.