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Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected crack cocaine (with photo)
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     Hong Kong Customs yesterday (June 11) seized about 925 grams of suspected crack cocaine with an estimated market value of about $1.19 million in Kwun Tong.

     During an anti-narcotics operation conducted yesterday evening, Customs officers intercepted a 21-year-old man in Kwun Tong and found the suspected crack cocaine inside a paper bag carried by him.

     The arrested man claimed to be unemployed. Investigation is ongoing.

     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
 
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Hong Kong Customs yesterday (June 11) seized about 925 grams of suspected crack cocaine with an estimated market value of about $1.19 million in Kwun Tong.