Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected crack cocaine worth about $1.9 million (with photo)

     Hong Kong Customs yesterday (November 27) seized about 1.8 kilograms of suspected crack cocaine with a total estimated market value of about $1.9 million in Tsing Yi. A 41-year-old man was arrested.

     During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Tsing Yi last night, Customs officers intercepted a suspicious man and seized about 400 grams of suspected crack cocaine in a plastic bag found in his possession. The man was subsequently arrested. Customs officers later escorted him to a residential premises nearby for a search and further seized about 1.4kg of suspected crack cocaine and a batch of suspected drug manufacturing and packaging paraphernalia.

     The arrestee has been charged with two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug and will appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (November 29).

     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).