Suitcase contained $3m in cocaine, jury told

A COLOMBIAN businessman tried to smuggle 852 grams of cocaine worth $3 million into Hong Kong hidden in secret compartments in a suitcase, the High Court heard yesterday.

Jorge Galvis Ruiz, 34, was stopped after Customs mounted a special surveillance operation at Kai Tak airport on July 19 last year.

Prosecutor Derek Pang said Galvis Ruiz was met off his flight from London by two women, one of whom took his second suitcase.

He was arrested in a taxi outside after officers tailed him through the airport, the jury heard.

The cocaine was allegedly found in slabs hidden in two concealed compartments in his case.

Galvis Ruiz denies trafficking in cocaine. The trial, before Mr Justice Saied, continues.