Hong Kong Customs detects two drug trafficking cases involving incoming passengers at airport (with photos)
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (November 6) and today (November 7) detected two drug trafficking cases involving incoming passengers at Hong Kong International Airport, and seized a total of about 4.5 kilograms of suspected liquid cocaine and 15.4 kilograms of suspected ketamine, with a total estimated market value of about $9 million. A man and a woman were arrested. In the first case, a Spanish male passenger, aged 36, arrived in Hong Kong from Madrid, Spain, via Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected liquid cocaine, concealed in three wine bottles, inside his check-in baggage. He was subsequently arrested. In the second case, a British female passenger, aged 44, arrived in Hong Kong from Frankfurt, Germany, today. During Customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected ketamine inside her check-in baggage. She was subsequently arrested. The arrested man in the first case has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The case will be brought up at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on November 9. The investigation of the second case is ongoing. Customs will continue to step up enf
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