Hong Kong Customs takes thought heroin worth about $2 million at airport (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs today (October 9) found a drug trafficking case including luggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport and took about 4 kgs of believed heroin with an approximated market price of about $2 million.
A female guest, aged 35, shown up in Hong Kong from Chiang Mai, Thailand, today. Throughout custom-mades clearance, Customs officers discovered the batch of thought heroin hidden in the incorrect compartment of her check-in travel suitcase. She was consequently apprehended.
An examination is continuous.
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 should 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 technique and concentrate on choosing guests from high-risk areas for clearance to fight multinational 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 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 type (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002).