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According to the police, the officers acting on intelligence caught the suspect when exiting a subdivided flat in the Kwai Chung industrial building on Wednesday afternoon.
After a police search, two bags with 1.8kg of suspected ketamine, cutting tools and a cylindrical-shaped filter that had been slashed open were found at the scene. Moreover, a large air purifier containing 11 identical filters was also among them.
“Upon inspection, another 19.8kg of suspected ketamine was found hidden in the 11 filters,” the police spokesperson said.
A police spokesperson stated that the preliminary investigations established that the air purifier was shipped to Hong Kong from abroad before it was transferred to the flat, where the drugs were taken out.
Afterwards, the suspect was arrested for allegedly trafficking in a dangerous drug.
The maximum penalty for trafficking in a dangerous drug is life in jail and a fine of HK$5,000,000 on indictment or 3 years' imprisonment and a fine of HK$500,000 on summary conviction.
Police said the investigations are ongoing and further arrests are not ruled out.
香港警方逮捕26歲男子，涉嫌從海外販運疑似氯胺酮，價值940萬港元
香港警方週四表示，一名 26 歲男子因涉嫌販運空氣清淨機過濾器中的疑似氯胺酮從國外運往香港，價值超過 940 萬港元而被香港警方逮捕。
據警方稱，警方根據情報採取行動，在離開葵湧工業大廈一間劏房時抓獲嫌疑人。
週三下午。
警方搜索後，現場發現兩個裝有1.8公斤疑似氯胺酮的袋子、一把切割工具和被割開的圓柱形過濾器。 此外，還有一台裝有11個相同過濾器的大型空氣清淨機。
警方發言人表示：“經檢查，在11個過濾器中又發現了19.8公斤疑似氯胺酮。”
警方發言人表示，初步調查確定空氣清淨機是從國外運往香港，然後轉移到公寓，並在那裡取出毒品。
隨後，犯罪嫌疑人因涉嫌販賣危險毒品被捕。
販運危險藥物的最高刑罰為無期徒刑及循公訴程序罰款港幣 5,000,000 元；一經循簡易程序定罪，最高可判處監禁 3 年及罰款港幣 500,000 元。
I警方表示，調查正在進行中，不排除進一步逮捕的可能性。
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