Burst
Written by: Yang Wanting and Chen Haoran
2020-09-22 18:32
Last update date: 2020-09-22 18:32
Hong Kong Customs inspected high-end chocolate cookies from Europe at the airport and found 7.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine inside, with an estimated market value of more than 11 million yuan, and arrested the truck driver and the man who received the goods.
The 30-year-old consignee was charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs and will appear in West Kowloon Magistracy tomorrow.
Yau Yingyang, Acting Senior Inspector of the Second Drug Investigation Team of the Customs Drug Investigation Bureau, said that the Hong Kong Customs inspected a batch of chocolate cookies sent to the port from Europe by X-ray machines at the airport Super Terminal No. 1 in the afternoon of last Wednesday (16th). Of the 160 boxes, 7 boxes were found to be suspicious.
The officers opened one of the cookie boxes for inspection and found that the upper layer contained cookies, and the lower layer contained approximately 1.1 kilograms of suspected cocaine in brick shape. A total of approximately 7.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine were seized, with an estimated market value of over 11 million yuan.
The Customs believes that criminals are trying to conceal high-priced food packages to transport drugs to Hong Kong. It is reported that the market price of the aforementioned music box is about 300 yuan per box.
The officers then arrested a 65-year-old man who came to pick up the goods and claimed to be the driver of the truck.
As of yesterday (21st) afternoon, officers arrested another 30-year-old local man in Kwai Chung District, suspecting that he was the consignee.
The truck driver was released on bail pending further investigations, while the consignee was charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs and will appear in West Kowloon Magistracy tomorrow.
The customs found that the original delivery address of this batch of goods was Fotan, but after investigation, it was found to be a fake address, and it cannot be ruled out that it will be re-exported.
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