Hong Kong Customs identifies drug trafficking case including traveler at airport (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs the other day (August 22) identified a drug trafficking case including a guest at Hong Kong International Airport and took about 12 kgs of thought marijuana buds with an approximated market price of about $2.7 million.
The case included a male guest, aged 26, who got here in Hong Kong from Bangkok, Thailand, the other day. Throughout custom-mades clearance, Customs officers discovered about 12kg of thought marijuana buds hidden by vacuum-sealed bags in his check-in luggage. The male was consequently detained.
After a follow-up examination, the jailed male has actually been charged with one count of trafficking in a harmful drug and he will appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on August 25.
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 to take part in drug trafficking activities for financial return. They need to decline employing 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.
Custom-mades will continue to use a danger evaluation method and concentrate on choosing 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 major 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).