Hong Kong Customs smashed the cocaine drug trafficking case. Last Monday (20th) and yesterday (28th) respectively, a man and a woman were arrested at the Hong Kong International Airport and Tseung Kwan O respectively. About 1.8 kilograms of liquid cocaine and about 8 grams of cocaine were seized, with an estimated market value A total of about 1.6 million yuan.
The two have been charged and will appear in court tomorrow.
According to the risk assessment, staff from the Airport Section of the Customs selected and inspected a parcel of air cargo arriving in Hong Kong from Germany and declared to contain biscuits at Hong Kong International Airport last Monday. About 1.8kg of liquid cocaine was found in the bottle.
The case was handed over to the Customs Drug Investigation Section to take over the investigation.
As of Tuesday (28th), officers took action after investigation and arrested a local man involved in the case in Tsuen Wan in the afternoon, and then arrested a woman involved in the case in Tseung Kwan O in the evening.
The arrested man, 58, reported working as a taxi driver, while the arrested 24-year-old woman reported working as a construction site worker.
Officers found about 8 grams of cocaine on the arrested woman, and then conducted a search at the arrested woman's residence in Wong Tai Sin, and seized more than 10 dense bags containing trace amounts of cocaine.
The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug, while the arrested woman has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of possession of a dangerous drug, and will appear at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Thursday (30th). mention the hall.
Cocaine seizures in the first five months of this year rose 48% compared to the same period last year
Lau Wai-lun, Senior Investigation Officer of the Narcotics Investigation Division of the Customs, said that Customs believed that the arrested men and women did not know each other. The drug traffickers in the case used a layered relay method to transport the drugs to different areas through different persons to evade Customs' investigation.
Customs figures show that in the first five months of this year, Hong Kong Customs seized 303 kilograms of cocaine, up 48 percent from 204.5 kilograms last year.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
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