Customs smashes Hong Kong's first cannabis cultivating centre in Tai Po
Customs officers shut down Hong Kong's first detected cannabis cultivating centre in Tai Po on 4 May 2004, seizing 38 plants, 70 grams of cannabis and 1,000 seeds valued at about HK$400,000. Two men and a woman aged 29 to 39 were arrested.
Customs Drug Investigation Bureau officers intercepted and searched a man in
Tai Po about 12.40pm on 4 May 2004 and found about half a gram of suspected
cannabis in his possession.[1][2]They then searched his residence at Kam
Shan Village, where they uncovered what Customs described as the first
cannabis cultivating centre ever detected in Hong Kong.[1][2]
Officers seized 38 cannabis plants along with about 70 grams of cannabis and
1,000 cannabis seeds, a haul Customs valued at about HK$400,000.[1]Two men
and a woman, aged between 29 and 39, were arrested in the operation.[1][2]
A Customs spokesman said the cannabis was believed to have been planted for
self-consumption as well as for sale.[1]Planting cannabis carries a maximum
penalty of a HK$100,000 fine and 15 years in prison under the Dangerous Drugs
Ordinance.[1]
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