Hong Kong customs seized around HK$12 million of suspected cocaine weighing about 11 kilograms from a 51-year-old male air passenger on Sunday.
The man had entered from the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten via Paris, France, with the suspected drugs concealed in his wheelchair.
“Customs officers found the batch of suspected cocaine concealed inside the interlinings of the cushions and the back of his check-in electric wheelchair. The man was subsequently arrested,” a Customs and Excise press release said on Sunday.
Those found to have trafficked dangerous drugs into Hong Kong face a maximum penalty of life in prison and a HK$5 million fine.
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