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Hong Kong Customs today (April 12) seized 2.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamine and arrested one woman in an anti-narcotics operation in Tsim Sha Tsui. The market value of the drug was about $960,000.
Customs officers intercepted a woman in Tsim Sha Tsui today afternoon and found two packets of methamphetamine weighing a total of 2.2 kilogrammes in a suitcase carried by her.
The woman, aged 27, was charged with trafficking in a dangerous drug and will appear at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on April 14.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking is a serious offence. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and a fine of $5 million.
Ends/Saturday, April 12, 2014
Issued at HKT 22:55
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