Hong Kong Customs detects two dangerous drugs cases and seizes suspected drugs worth $6.6 million (with photos)
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In the first case, Customs on March 21 inspected an air parcel, declared as carrying toys and arriving in Hong Kong from the Netherlands, at HKIA. Upon inspection, Customs officers found about 8kg of suspected ketamine in the ceramic figurines in the parcel. After follow-up investigations, Customs officers conducted a controlled delivery operation yesterday and arrested a 23-year-old man in Tai Po.
In the second case, during an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Ho Man Tin last night, Customs officers intercepted a 32-year-old man and seized about 1.1kg of suspected crack cocaine inside a recycling bag carried by him. The man was subsequently arrested. Customs officers later escorted him to a residential unit nearby for a search and further seized about 2.3kg of suspected cocaine, 53 grams of suspected crack cocaine and a batch of suspected drug manufacturing paraphernalia. A 27-year-old woman suspected to be connected with the case was arrested at the residential unit.
The arrested man in the first case has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and will appear at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (March 25). For the second case, the arrested man and woman have been charged with two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug respectively, and will appear at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts tomorrow.
Customs will continue to step up enforcement against drug trafficking activities through intelligence analysis. The department also reminds members of the public to stay alert and not to participate in drug trafficking activities for monetary return. They must not accept hiring or delegation from another party to carry controlled items into and out of Hong Kong. They are also reminded not to carry unknown items for other people, nor to release their personal data or home address to others for receiving parcels or goods.
Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
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.
Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Ends/Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Issued at HKT 18:15
Issued at HKT 18:15
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