Customs airport breaks 2 drug cases by air, uncovers 130kg of opium hidden in plastic bottles, biggest case in 20 years

Customs has cracked two cases of drug shipments by air at Chek Lap Kok Airport, seized 130 kilograms of suspected opium and 16 kilograms of ketamine (ketamine), with a total value of about HKD 24.8 million.

Among them, the smuggling of opium into the country is relatively rare. This is the largest opium case cracked by the customs in the past 20 years.

130kg of opium hidden in Pakistan arrivals

On the 3rd of last month, based on risk management, Customs conducted random checks on a cargo declared as herbal products arriving in Hong Kong from Pakistan, and found 5,600 plastic bottles in 6 cartons containing 130 kilograms of suspected opium.

After follow-up investigation, the officers believed that the drug trafficking syndicate used the storage company as the delivery address, and then entrusted a local logistics company to pick up the goods through the communication program, and then transported them to the mainland.

During this period, criminals do not need to show up to avoid being traced.

However, the drug trafficking group canceled the entrustment because it failed to provide the relevant cargo information to the logistics company, and was later seized by the customs. The drug trafficking group once pretended to be the consignor and sent an email to the law enforcement agency to apply for the retrieval of the goods, but was finally caught by the customs.

Belgian air parcel found 16 kg K

In addition, on November 9 last year, the Customs conducted random checks on an air parcel from Belgium to Hong Kong that was declared to be a wire. The X-ray image was suspicious, and the delivery address was not complete. In addition, wires imported from Belgium were relatively rare, which caused a lot of trouble. Suspect.

Officers unpacked the package for inspection, and found 16 kilograms of suspected Kezi inside the electric coil reel shaft.

The total market value of the two batches of drugs was 24.8 million Hong Kong dollars. No one has been arrested in the two cases. Customs is following up the relevant cases.