Suspected drug trafficker arrested trying to bring HK$650,000 of cannabis into Hong Kong

Customs officers arrested a suspected drug trafficker at a Hong Kong immigration control point on Monday after finding 3.1kg of cannabis buds in his rucksack.

The Hong Kong man, 33, was stopped during a routine search at the border checkpoint at Lok Ma Chau at about 6.30am as he returned to the city from Shenzhen.

“In a rucksack the suspect was carrying, there were three vacuum-sealed aluminium foil bags that contained suspected cannabis buds,” senior inspector Ho Kin-lun said.

He said a total of 3.1kg of the drug was found in the three bags, and the haul had an estimated street value of HK$650,000.

“We believe the vacuum-sealed bags were used in an attempt to contain the strong smell of cannabis buds and to foil sniffer dogs,” Ho said.