Published: 12:25pm, 26 Dec 2024Updated: 12:34pm, 26 Dec 2024
Customs officers have arrested three people for allegedly smuggling HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) of cocaine and ketamine hidden in their bodies, stuffed toys and checked luggage upon arrival at the Hong Kong airport over Christmas.
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Two suspects were charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs and appeared in West Kowloon Court on Thursday. The third, meanwhile, is currently under medical surveillance.
About 6.6kg (14.6lbs) of suspected cocaine and 10kg of suspected ketamine were seized during the crackdowns by the Customs and Excise Department on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Christmas Eve, a 46-year-old man who arrived in the city from Lagos in Nigeria via Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa was acting suspiciously during customs clearance.
Officers suspected that he was concealing drugs within his body and took him to a hospital for examination. He expelled 69 pellets of alleged cocaine weighing around 1.2kg on the following day.
A 29-year-old man arriving from London via Doha on Tuesday was found with 5.4kg of suspected cocaine concealed in two stuffed toys in a carry-on suitcase.