Boy, 16, sent to detention centre for trafficking HK$16,000 of Ice
Boy, 16, was found with 20 grams of Ice worth almost HK$16,000 on the streets of Tuen Mun
A 16-year-old boy was yesterday sent to a training centre for trafficking 20 grams of the drug Ice, a day after a teenage girl was sentenced for a similar offence.
The unemployed youth, Ng Ping-hei, pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking at the Court of First Instance yesterday. He was 15 when he committed the offence.
Acting senior public prosecutor Andrew Cheng Chi-hang told the court some police officers observed Ng walking suspiciously with one hand in his pocket on March 21.
When the officers stopped the teenager at Ho Tin Street in Tuen Mun and searched him, they found five plastic bags in one of his trouser pockets.
The substances in the bags were later found to be methamphetamine hydrochloride - the scientific name for Ice.
According to the Narcotics Bureau, the street value of the 19.83 grams of Ice at the time was about HK$16,000.