Customs and Excise Department
Coverage of Customs and Excise Department in the Nexus archive.
- 3 arrested after 131kg of ketamine disguised as sugar cubes found in air cargo
Hong Kong customs officers arrested three men linked to 131 kilograms of suspected ketamine disguised as sugar cubes in air cargo from Germany. The drugs, valued at HK$51 million, were intercepted in a consignment declared as containing sugar cubes.
- 2 women arrested at Hong Kong border after dog, endangered birds found in bags
Two women were arrested at Hong Kong’s Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau checkpoints for allegedly smuggling a dog and endangered birds concealed in their bags. Customs officers intercepted a 57-year-old mainland Chinese woman at Lo Wu with a dog valued at HK$3,000 and another woman at Lok Ma Chau with two endangered birds worth HK$5,000.
- Truck driver arrested as HK$10m of injections, fish maw seized at Hong Kong bridge
A 39-year-old truck driver was arrested by Hong Kong customs officers for smuggling, with HK$10 million worth of weight-loss injections and fish maw seized at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The vehicle was declared to carry wine, garments, health supplements, and cameras, but discrepancies were found via X-ray imaging.