Nightclub waiter became drug courier

A NIGHTCLUB waiter was yesterday sentenced to eight years' jail for trafficking in more than 260 grams of heroin.

Tse Wai-loy, 29, had pleaded guilty before Deputy Judge Daniell in the High Court to two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug.

Prosecutor Christina Ma said Tse was intercepted by patrolling police at 3 pm on December 15, 1992, in Shanghai Street, Kowloon.

A packet containing 147 grams of heroin was found on him.

A further 119 grams of the drug was found at his home nearby.

Under caution, he said he was a courier for a man called Sai Mou.