Tag: Customs

Hong Kong Customs fully supports National Security Education Day (with photos) ******************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs has been playing an important role in safeguarding national security and is giving its full support to National Security Education Day organised by the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The department held the Hong Kong Customs College Open Day today (April 14) to promote national security education to members of the public through a series of interactive activities and allow them to learn about the department’s work on safeguarding nation security from multiple perspectives.      The open day featured ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected ketamine worth about $71 million (with photo) ********************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs on April 9 seized about 129 kilograms of suspected ketamine with an estimated market value of about $71 million at Hong Kong International Airport. A man suspected to be connected with the case was arrested.      Through risk assessment, Customs on that day selected two consignments arriving from Germany for inspection. Upon examination, multiple nylon bags containing real amber and suspected ketamine, both wrapped in plastic bags, were found in the consignment declared as amber. At the same time, Customs officers found 69 bottles of ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs detects dangerous drugs internal concealment case involving passengers at airport (with photo) ******************************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (April 8) detected a dangerous drugs internal concealment case involving two incoming passengers at Hong Kong International Airport and seized about 1 kilogram of suspected cocaine with an estimated market value of about $1 million.             A 37-year-old male passenger and a 41-year-old female passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Paris, France, yesterday. During customs clearance, Customs officers suspected that the passengers had dangerous drugs concealed inside their body cavities. They were then escorted to the hospital for examination.        ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected dangerous drugs worth about $2.2 million (with photo) ****************************************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs yesterday (April 6) seized about 9.5 kilograms of suspected cannabis buds and about 30 grams of suspected crack cocaine with a total estimated market value of about $2.2 million in Yuen Long. A man suspected to be connected with the case was arrested.       During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in the vicinity of Yuen Long last night, Customs officers intercepted a 47-year-old man and found about 2.8kg of suspected cannabis buds inside two plastic bags carried by him. He was then arrested. Customs officers ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs seizes live turtles of suspected scheduled endangered species (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (April 1) detected a smuggling endangered species case at Hong Kong International Airport and seized 63 live turtles of suspected scheduled endangered species with an estimated market value of about $819,000.      The case involved a 37-year-old transit male passenger who arrived in Hong Kong from Malaysia yesterday (March 31) and planned to take a flight to the Philippines. When Customs officers conducted examination of the man’s check-in baggage, 63 live turtles were found therein. Upon inspection by officers of the Agriculture, Fisheries and ... Read more