Hong Kong Customs takes believed methamphetamine at airport (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs today (September 23) identified a drug trafficking case including luggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport and took about 23 kgs of thought methamphetamine with an approximated market price of about $7.6 million.
A 21-year-old male guest showed up in Hong Kong from Tokyo, Japan, today. Throughout custom-mades clearance, Customs officers discovered the batch of thought methamphetamine in the check-in travel suitcase had by him. The male was consequently detained.
The apprehended guy has actually been charged with one count of trafficking in an unsafe drug. The case will be raised at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow (September 24).
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 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 believed 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).