A MAN who claimed he took to drug trafficking to pay for his mother's medical expenses was jailed for 16 years in the High Court yesterday.
Lee Yat-hung, 33, admitted to two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug involving nearly 10 kilograms of heroin.
Mr Justice Patrick Chan said that the amount of heroin involved was enormous.
He said the penalty should reflect the culpability of the offence, the possible harm the drugs might do to the public and society's disgust for this sort of crime.
Prosecutor Catherine Fung said Lee was intercepted by police as he left a Sha Tin flat on December 11 last year.
Lee was searched and 879 grams of heroin was found. When police entered the flat, a further 8,664 grams of heroin was discovered.
