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Chan Ho-him

A 15-year-old boy has been charged after Hong Kong customs seized HK$14.9 million (US$1.92 million) worth of suspected heroin at a checkpoint on the border with mainland China.
Officers discovered the 17.2kg haul at the Lok Ma Chau Control Point on Thursday, making it the largest drug bust by customs at a land border this year.
Officers were inspecting four express parcels declared as containing range hoods, which arrived in Hong Kong from Malaysia via Shenzhen, when they found the suspected heroin concealed inside the appliances.

The 15-year-old was arrested in Tsuen Wan on Friday after further investigation and charged with one count of drug trafficking and obstructing a customs officer in the execution of his duty. He will appear in court on Monday. The maximum penalty for drug trafficking is a HK$5 million fine and life imprisonment.
Officials seized 47kg of heroin in 2018, up 56 per cent over 2017.


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Hong Kong teen charged after customs seizes HK$14.9 million in suspected heroin

The suspected drugs were found hidden in four range hoods. Photo: Handout

Logo of the Customs department, photographed outside the Customs Headquarters Building in North Point. 20JUN18 SCMP / Xiaomei Chen

60kg haul of drugs including cocaine, crystal meth, ketamine and ecstasy smuggled into Hong Kong hidden in play mats, sports shoes and canned fruit

Customs officers have enhanced inspection at the Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint. This photo shows suspected ecstasy tablets mixed with dog food. Photo: Handout

In the light of local demands for drugs during the long holidays, Hong Kong Customs mounted a special operation codenamed "Wave" from October 23 to December 31 last year to fight against drug trafficking activities involving cross-boundary express parcels. Seizures of different kinds of dangerous drugs worth about $39 million were made. Photo shows some of the suspected ketamine concealed inside a pair of sports shoes. SCMP Pictures (HANDOUT from ISD)

Illegal drugs worth almost HK$40 million were confiscated in 15 air parcels at Lok Ma Chau control point between October 23 and December 31. Photo: SCMP

Hong Kong customs officers find nearly US$32 million worth of cocaine packed in jet engine shipped from South America

A customs officer stands guard in front of the cocaine worth HK$246 million (US$31.7 million) hidden in an aircraft engine. Photo: Nora Tam

Hong Kong customs press conference on the found cocaine worth HK$246 million (US$31.7 million) hidden in an aircraft engine shipped from South America, in its biggest seizure of the drug so far this year.Â The engine was inside a shipping container that arrived from Ecuador earlier this year, but the haul was only discovered last week after it was opened for inspection at Kwai Chung. 26MAY20 SCMP/ Nora Tam

Benson Lee Tak-shun, Head of Ports and Maritime Command; at the Hong Kong customs press conference on the found cocaine worth HK$246 million (US$31.7 million) hidden in an aircraft engine shipped from South America, in its biggest seizure of the drug so far this year.Â The engine was inside a shipping container that arrived from Ecuador earlier this year, but the haul was only discovered last week after it was opened for inspection at Kwai Chung. 26MAY20 SCMP/ Nora Tam

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Officers discovered the 17.2kg haul in four parcels sent by mail via Shenzhen
Discovery is customs’ largest drug bust at a land border this year



Officers discovered the 17.2kg haul in four parcels sent by mail via Shenzhen. Discovery is customs’ largest drug bust at a land border this year


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Hong Kong teen charged after customs seizes HK$14.9 million in suspected heroin

Officers discovered the 17.2kg haul in four parcels sent by mail via Shenzhen Discovery is customs’ largest drug bust at a land border this year

Officers discovered the 17.2kg haul in four parcels sent by mail via Shenzhen

Discovery is customs’ largest drug bust at a land border this year