Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected ketamine worth about $2.3 million at airport
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (December 28) detected a drug trafficking case involving baggage concealment at Hong Kong International Airport and seized about 4.6 kilograms of suspected ketamine with an estimated market value of about $2.3 million.
A male passenger, aged 26, arrived in Hong Kong from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. During customs clearance, Customs officers found the batch of suspected ketamine concealed in packets of coffee powder in his check-in suitcase. He was subsequently arrested.
The arrested person has been charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug. The cases will be brought up at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (December 30).
Customs will continue to step up enforcement against drug trafficking activities through intelligence analysis. The department also reminds members of the public to stay alert and not to participate in drug trafficking activities for monetary return. They must not accept hiring or delegation from another party to carry controlled items into and out of Hong Kong. They are also reminded not to carry unknown items for other people.
Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
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).
Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected ketamine worth about $2.3 million at airport Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi
The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, continued her visit to Guangxi.
This morning (December 29), Dr Choi met with representatives from the Department of Education of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and local institutions in Nanning. She learned about the latest developments in education in Guangxi and discussed ways to strengthen educational exchanges between Guangxi and Hong Kong.
Dr Choi said that Guangxi is an important gateway for the country to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and has been actively expanding educational co-operation with ASEAN countries. The Education Bureau of Hong Kong is also committed to attracting more students from around the world, particularly from ASEAN and other Belt and Road countries/regions to pursue studies in Hong Kong. Through enhancing mutual exchanges of experience in talent attraction and promoting collaboration, it will foster higher-quality education development and contribute to the national goal of building a leading country in education in the near future.
On the same day, Dr Choi visited Guangxi University, and toured its campus facilities to learn about the university's development and its collaboration with Hong Kong institutions in technology.
She then visited Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine where she met with its leadership to learn about its efforts in nurturing Chinese medicine professionals and promoting research in Chinese medicine. Dr Choi also met with Hong Kong students studying at the university to learn about their studies and daily lives, and shared with them the latest developments in Hong Kong.
On December 27, Dr Choi arrived in Nanning and met with Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Ms Lu Xinning that evening to exchange views on education issues of mutual concern.
On December 28, Dr Choi also met with Deputy Director-General of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Mr Song Haijun to discuss deepening collaboration in education between the two places. She also visited a patriotic education base in Nanning to learn how exhibitions and collections are used to promote patriotic education.
Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong tomorrow (December 30).
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SED continues visit to Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
