Customs seizes $4.3m ketamine in air parcel from France, one arrested

Hong Kong Customs seized about 11 kilograms of suspected ketamine worth about HK$4.3 million from an air parcel declared as a chessboard arriving from France on May 7, authorities said.

After follow-up investigations, customs officers conducted a controlled delivery operation on Thursday and arrested a 19-year-old man in Wong Tai Sin.

The arrested man has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. His case will be heard at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on Thursday.

Customs reminded the public that trafficking in dangerous drugs carries a maximum penalty of a HK$5 million fine and life imprisonment.

 

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