China News Service, Hong Kong, September 2 (Reporter Wang Jiacheng) Hong Kong Customs notified on the 2nd that the customs seized about 220 kg of suspected ketamine (commonly known as "K powder") at the inspection site of the Kwai Chung Customs Building on July 30, with an estimated market value of about 1.25 100 million yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below), this is the largest seaborne trafficking case of ketamine cracked by the Hong Kong Customs since May 2012.
Through risk assessment and intelligence exchanges, customs officers inspected a batch of seaborne cargo from Pakistan that had arrived at the port and reported that it contained cotton thread. They found that the batch of suspected ketamine was hidden in 162 cotton thread rolls and mixed with the rest of the large number of cotton thread rolls. .
After following up the investigation, customs officers arrested a 35-year-old woman suspected of being involved in the case in Fanling on August 31.
Currently, the case is still under investigation, and the arrested woman is currently on bail pending further investigation.
Senior Supervisor of the Customs Drug Investigation Division, Li Jinrong, said at a press conference that before the epidemic, Haiwei seized approximately 2 tons of drugs in 2019, but after the epidemic, it has cracked a number of large-scale drug trafficking cases. In the first half of 2020 alone, 1.6 tons of drugs have been seized. In half a year, 1.8 tons of drugs were seized, and nearly 3.5 tons of drugs were seized throughout the year.
In the first eight months of this year, the number of drugs seized rose to more than 2.6 tons.
In terms of drug trafficking methods, the number of drug trafficking by air has slowly fallen, while the number of drug trafficking by sea has an upward trend.
He emphasized that the customs will adjust its strategy to combat drug activities in a timely manner, continue to actively cooperate with the Mainland and foreign countries to combat cross-border and transnational drug trafficking activities and block the flow of drugs into the market.
According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in dangerous drugs is a serious crime. Once convicted, the maximum penalty is a fine of 5 million yuan and life imprisonment.
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