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The High Court today (April 25) sentenced a 44-year-old man to six years' imprisonment for trafficking in dangerous drugs.
The court heard that following extensive investigations, officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau intercepted the 44-year-old man at 9 Un Chau Street, Sham Shui Po, on September 14, 2005.
A plastic bag containing 141 grams of mixture with 90.52 grams of heroin were found inside a waist bag the man was carrying. He was arrested and later charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug.
The haul had a street value of about $86,000.
The man appeared in the High Court on March 6, 2006, and pleaded guilty to charge, and sentence was handed down today.
Police Report No.6
Ends/Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Issued at HKT 15:41
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