Man charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs
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    Police charged a 46-year-old man with one count of trafficking in dangerous drugs today (August 29).

     At about 12.30pm, officers of Nacrotics Bureau intercepted the man who was leaving a flat on Poplar Street, Sham Shui Po.  A nylon bag containing about 5.26 kilograms of suspected ketamine which was packed inside a tinfoil bag was found in his possession.

     A subsequent search in the flat led to the seizure of some other tinfoil bags and some packing paraphernalia.

     The haul could fetch over $1.7 million in the retail market.

     He will appear in Kowloon City Magistracy tomorrow (August 30).


Police Report No. 9
Issued by PPRB

Ends/Monday, August 29, 2005
Issued at HKT 18:36

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