Hong Kong Customs finds drug trafficking case including inbound traveler at airport (with image)
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Hong Kong Customs found a drug trafficking case including an inbound air travelers at Hong Kong International Airport today (September 14) and took about 25 kgs of thought drug with an approximated market price of about $18 million.
The case included a 38-year-old male guest getting here in Hong Kong from New York, United States, today. Throughout custom-mades clearance, Customs officers discovered the batch of thought drug from his check-in luggage. The male was consequently apprehended.
After an examination, the detained guy has actually been charged with one count of trafficking in a harmful drug and the case will be raised at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 15).
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 threat evaluation method and concentrate on picking travelers from high-risk areas for clearance to fight global drug trafficking activities.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in an unsafe 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 type (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002).