Hong Kong man jailed after hiring GoGoVan driver to pick up crystal meth
Van driver reported matter to police after he found the size of the package to be suspicious
A “bright” young man was jailed for four years and eight months on Friday, after his drug distribution plot was unearthed by a GoGoVan driver he hired.
Joseph Chan Hei-chun requested a driver from the popular vehicle-hailing app to pick up 12 grammes of crystal methamphetamine, better known as ice, for him in 2016. He was arrested and brought to court after the driver, who found the parcel suspicious, alerted the police.
In sentencing the man, High Court judge Mr Justice Kevin Zervos reminded the 34-year-old of his decent upbringing. “You have been given every opportunity in life by your family,” he said, referring to Chan’s education in the United Kingdom.
“Rather tragically, you got yourself into drugs,” the judge said, calling Chan’s fall from grace and addiction to drugs “disappointing”.
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He said Chan had let his father, a successful businessman in the jewellery trade, down, but he accepted his remorse.
Before sending Chan away, he said he hoped the defendant, who had spent time in Canada and sat his A-level examinations in the UK, could take the opportunity to pick up courses in jail, and “turn a new leaf”.