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A haul of herbal cannabis with a street value of about $680,000 was seized by Customs officers from an arriving South African woman at Hong Kong International Airport this morning (March 1).
About 8.30am, Customs officers intercepted a 30-year-old woman who had arrived in Hong Kong from Johannesburg, South Africa. From her luggage they seized 20 slabs of herbal cannabis, weighing a total of 20 kilograms.
The woman will be charged with one count of ¡°trafficking in a dangerous drug¡± and will appear in Tsuen Wan Magistrates¡¯ Courts tomorrow (March 2).
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking is a serious offence. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and a fine of $5 million.
Ends/Thursday, March 1, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:55
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