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Hong Kong customs seizes 13kg of suspected ketamine at airport, man arrested
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Hong Kong customs seizes 13kg of suspected ketamine at airport, man arrested Officers found suspected ketamine in checked luggage of a 22-year-old man who arrived in city from Frankfurt Hong Kong customs has seized about 13kg of suspected ketamine, worth an estimated HK$4.7 million (US$599,067), at the city’s airport and arrested a passenger arriving from Germany over alleged drug trafficking. According to the Customs and Excise Department, officers found the suspected ketamine in the...
Hong Kong customs seizes 13kg of suspected ketamine at airport, man arrested
Officers found suspected ketamine in checked luggage of a 22-year-old man who arrived in city from Frankfurt
Hong Kong customs has seized about 13kg of suspected ketamine, worth an estimated HK$4.7 million (US$599,067), at the city’s airport and arrested a passenger arriving from Germany over alleged drug trafficking.
According to the Customs and Excise Department, officers found the suspected ketamine in the checked luggage of a 22-year-old Japanese man who arrived in Hong Kong from Frankfurt on Sunday.
“During customs clearance, customs officers found about 13kg of suspected ketamine inside his check-in suitcase. The man was subsequently arrested,” the department said, estimating the drugs’ street value at about HK$4.7 million.
An investigation is ongoing, according to the department.