Hong Kong Customs takes believed drug worth about $2.4 million at airport (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs the other day (August 8) discovered a drug trafficking case including luggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport and took about 3 kgs of thought drug with an approximated market price of about $2.4 million.
A female guest, aged 63, gotten here in Hong Kong from Freetown, Sierra Leone, by means of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the other day. Throughout Customs clearance, Customs officers discovered the batch of believed drug in the incorrect compartment of her check-in luggage. She wassubsequently detained.
The detained lady has actually been charged with one count of trafficking in a hazardous drug. The case will be raised at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on August 11.
Custom-mades will continue to step up enforcement versus drug trafficking activities through intelligence analysis. The department likewise advises members of the general public to remain alert and not take part in drug trafficking activities for financial return. They should decline working with or delegation from another celebration to bring regulated products into and out of Hong Kong. They are likewise advised not to bring unidentified products for other individuals.
Customizeds will continue to use a threat evaluation technique and concentrate on picking travelers from high-risk areas for clearance to fight global drug trafficking activities.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a hazardous drug is a severe offense. The optimum charge upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life jail time.
Members of the general public might report any thought drug trafficking activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its devoted crime-reporting e-mail account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online kind (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002).