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Hong Kong Customs prevented a case of drug trafficking by means of internal concealment at the Hong Kong International Airport on April 20. A foreign male aged 39 was arrested and approximately 1,246 grammes of cocaine in 89 pellets with a street value of about $1.4 million was seized.
The man arrested was from Bogota, Colombia. Customs officers at the Airport intercepted him for examination. He was escorted to hospital for a medical check-up and was confirmed by doctors to have foreign objects concealed in his body. He subsequently egested the cocaine.
The man was charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and will appear at the Eastern Magistrates' Court tomorrow (April 28).
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking is a serious offence. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and a fine of $5 million.
Ends/Friday, April 27, 2012
Issued at HKT 19:33
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