Hong Kong Customs takes presumed marijuana buds at airport (with pictures)
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Hong Kong Customs the other day (May 8) identified a drug trafficking case including luggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport and took about 7 kgs of believed marijuana buds with an approximated market price of about $1.3 million.
A 20-year-old male traveler showed up in Hong Kong from Bangkok, Thailand, the other day. Throughout custom-mades clearance, Customs officers discovered the batch of presumed marijuana buds in the carry-on luggage had by him. The guy was consequently jailed.
The jailed guy has actually been charged with one count of trafficking in a hazardous drug. The case will be raised at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on May 11.
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 working with 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.
Customizeds will continue to use a threat evaluation technique and concentrate on picking travelers from high-risk areas for clearance to fight multinational 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 kind (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002).