Hong Kong Customs identifies one inbound guest drug trafficking case at airport (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs today (November 4) found a drug trafficking case including an air guest at Hong Kong International Airport and took about 25 kgs of believed ketamine with an approximated market price of about $11.3 million.
The case included a 20-year-old female guest getting here in Hong Kong from Rome, Italy, through Taipei today. Throughout custom-mades clearance, Customs officers discovered about 25kg of presumed ketamine in overall from 13 tinfoil bags inside her check-in travel suitcase with an approximated market price of about $11.3 million. The female 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 danger evaluation method and concentrate on choosing travelers from high-risk areas for clearance to fight multinational drug trafficking activities.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a harmful 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).