Courier jailed six years ten months for 104.2 kg of cannabis in a van
On 2 July 2026 the High Court sentenced Tse To-chiu, 36, to six years and ten months in prison after he pleaded guilty to trafficking 104.2 kilogrammes of herbal cannabis found in his light goods vehicle at a Tsing Yi car park in July 2024; the judge treated him as a courier and applied a full one-third discount from a ten-year-three-month starting point.
In the early hours of 28 July 2024, police stopped Tse To-chiu as he opened the door of his light
goods vehicle in a Tsing Yi car park and found 422 packets containing 104.2 kilogrammes of herbal
cannabis, which the court valued at HK$19,902,200.[1]Tse admitted under caution that he intended
to traffic the drugs and said an acquaintance called KK had offered HK$2,500 to transport them.[1]
On 2 March 2026 he pleaded guilty in the magistrates’ court and was committed to the Court of First
Instance, where he confirmed the plea on 2 July 2026.[1]Judge William Tam set a starting point
of ten years and three months for a courier trafficking over 90 kilogrammes, then reduced the term
by one third for the early guilty plea to six years and ten months.[1]
When police announced the arrest on 29 July 2024, they told reporters they had seized about 119
kilograms worth HK$32 million from the same vehicle during Operation Thunder 2024.[2]The sentence
judgment and admitted facts used the lower 104.2 kilogramme figure.[1][2]
Tse, a delivery driver with a clear record, was 34 at the time of the offence.[1]
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John Ulrik Aboy, 23, was jailed for 20 months at West Kowloon Court on 20 July 2026 after pleading guilty to trafficking 4,999 grams of cannabis buds found in his suitcase when he arrived from Bangkok on 20 December 2025; Magistrate Jeffrey Sze applied a one-third discount from a 30-month starting point.
Czar Francine Miranda, 21, was sentenced at West Kowloon Court on 14 July 2026 to 12 months' imprisonment for trafficking 2,921 grams of cannabis buds found in her luggage when she arrived from Bangkok on 21 February 2026, plus one month concurrent for importing a banned e-cigarette.
A traveller received two months overall after convictions for possessing CBD, possessing ketamine and having injection equipment. Officers had found two personal-care bottles containing about 5 g of CBD, about 2.2 g of ketamine and ten syringes after her arrival from the United States in March.
Chor Lui’s two-month prison sentence stood after he sold an undercover officer two cannabis cigarettes containing 0.24 g for HK$30. The appeal judge considered his prior drug convictions and the commercial sale in a discotheque important despite the small amount, while recognising the then-lower sentencing benchmark for herbal cannabis than resin.
