Customs seizes $2.55m in drugs at HK airport, 2 mainland passengers arrested

Hong Kong Customs arrested two incoming mainland passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday and Wednesday in separate drug trafficking cases, seizing about 2 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine and 5.2kg of suspected cannabis buds with a total estimated market value of about HK$2.55 million.

In the first case, a 24-year-old mainland man arriving from Penang, Malaysia, on Tuesday was found with about 2kg of suspected cocaine in his carry-on baggage.

In the second case, a 55-year-old mainland woman arriving from Bangkok on Wednesday was found with about 5.2kg of suspected cannabis buds in her carry-on baggage.

Both have been charged with drug trafficking and will appear at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Thursday.

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