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Danny Mok

Two students have been charged after Hong Kong customs officers discovered a vape suspected to contain the emerging drug “space oil” on one of them at a ferry terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Customs said on Sunday the two young women, aged 18 and 19, arrived in the city via the China Ferry Terminal on Canton Road the day before.
Officers found the vape suspected to contain space oil in the handbag of the 18-year-old during a routine check.
The two students were arrested after customs officers investigated.
The narcotic is typically packaged in e-cigarette capsules and contains the anaesthetic etomidate, which poses risks to users’ physical and mental health.

The students were jointly charged with one count of possession of a Part 1 poison.
Under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, any person who possesses a drug included in Part 1 of the Poisons List, other than in accordance with the relevant provisions, is committing an offence.
Those convicted may face a maximum penalty of a HK$100,000 fine (US$12,840) and two years in prison.
The case is scheduled to be heard at Kowloon City Court on Monday.
Police also apprehended a man earlier this month for allegedly possessing an e-cigarette capsule that tested positive for space oil, the first such arrest using the force’s rapid testing kit.


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Pair jointly charged with one count of possession of Part 1 poison after routine check at China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui


Pair jointly charged with one count of possession of Part 1 poison after routine check at China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui.


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