Customs Make Ketamine Bust At Airport

"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("

Related News Programmes

"); });

2020-05-05 HKT 21:36

Share this story

facebook

  • The suspected drugs have a street value of about HK$5 million. Photo: Courtesy of the Information Services Department.

    The suspected drugs have a street value of about HK$5 million. Photo: Courtesy of the Information Services Department.

Customs on Monday arrested a 29-year-old man in Kowloon City following the seizure on Sunday of 10 kilos of what's thought to be ketamine at Hong Kong International Airport.

Officers found the suspected drugs concealed inside 24 milk powder cans, which had arrived by air from the Netherlands.

They have a street value of about HK$5 million.

The arrested man has been released on bail pending further investigation.

RECENT NEWS

China CITIC Bank Launches Payment Connect Services To Support Cross-Border Transactions

China CITIC Bank International Limited (CNCBI) has announced it will introduce services and a customer offer related to... Read more

Eddid Financial Secures SFC Approval For Digital Asset Services

Hong Kong’s Eddid Financial has announced that its subsidiary, Eddid Securities and Futures, has received approval fr... Read more

Hong Kong Customs Uncovers HK$1.15B Virtual Asset Money Laundering Scheme

Hong Kong Customs has uncovered a suspected money laundering operation involving cash smuggling and virtual assets tota... Read more

Lendela Partners With TransUnion To Launch Free Credit Score Tool In Hong Kong

Lendela, a loan matching platform based in Hong Kong, has partnered with credit reference agency TransUnion through a c... Read more

Hex Trust Appoints Rohit Apte As Head Of Markets

Hex Trust, a digital asset financial institution specialising in custody, staking, and markets services, has appointed ... Read more

Scaling Across APAC: Why Cross-Border Payments Matter More Than Ever

In today’s digital-first economy, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has emerged as a global hotspot for fintech innovati... Read more