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Customs officers arrested an incoming woman passenger yesterday (April 27) at the Hong Kong International Airport and seized some three kilogrammes of cocaine with an estimated market value of about $2.7 million.
Yesterday evening, Customs officers at the airport intercepted a woman who arrived from Cameroon via Ethiopia for baggage examination. Customs officers found two slabs of cocaine weighing about three kilogrammes in total concealed inside a false compartment of her suitcase.
The 31-year-old woman, who claimed to be a businesswoman, will be charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and will appear at Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court tomorrow (April 29).
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking is a serious offence. The maximum penalty is up to life imprisonment and a fine of $5 million.
Ends/Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:04
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