Hong Kong Customs seized about 710 grammes of suspected methamphetamine at Lo Wu Control Point yesterday (June 5) with the arrest of a 29-year-old man. The market value of the drug was about $280,000.
Customs officers intercepted an incoming passenger at Lo Wu Control Point for inspection yesterday morning and found the drugs concealed inside a pressure cooker carried by him.
The arrested man, claimed to be unemployed, was charged with trafficking in a dangerous drug.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking is a serious offence. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and a fine of $5 million.
Ends/Saturday, June 6, 2015
