Hong Kong Customs takes believed heroin worth about $1.4 million at airport (with picture)
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Hong Kong Customs today (May 1) spotted a drug trafficking case at Hong Kong International Airport. About 2.3 kgs of believed heroin with an approximated market price of about $1.4 million, and 157 duty-not-paid cigarettes were taken.
A 35-year-old male traveler got here in Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today. Throughout customizeds clearance, the batch of believed heroin was taken from him, and the duty-not-paid cigarettes were discovered inside his luggage. The male was consequently apprehended.
The detained individual has actually been charged with one count of trafficking in a unsafe drug, one count of belongings of dutiable products and one count of stopping working to state to a member of the Customs and Excise Service the ownership of dutiable products. The case will be raised at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (May 2).
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 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 method, and concentrate on choosing guests 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.
Under the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO), cigarettes are dutiable products to which the DCO uses. Anyone who imports, handle, has, offers or purchases illegal cigarettes devotes an offense. The optimum charge upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and jail time for 7 years.
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).