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Hong Kong Customs yesterday (November 1) seized around 204 grams of suspected heroin at Lok Ma Chau Control Point and arrested a man. The market value of the drug was about $150,000.
Customs officers intercepted an incoming male passenger at Lok Ma Chau Control Point last night and found the drugs inside the plastic bag he was carrying. Upon follow-up investigation, Customs officers searched his residential premises in Siu Sai Wan and further seized some apparatus suspected to be used for inhalation of dangerous drug.
The man, aged 24, was charged for one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of possession of an apparatus fit and intended for inhalation of dangerous drug. The arrested person will appear at Fanling Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (November 3).
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking is a serious offence. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and a fine of $5 million.
Ends/Monday, November 2, 2015
Issued at HKT 22:00
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