Three people were arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday and Tuesday after the cocaine that has a value of Hk$1.3 million was found concealed in their bodies, said by customs on Wednesday. They were stopped while acting suspiciously during customs clearance.
The two women, 22 and 24 years old and a man, 22 years old were said travelling from Brazil into Hong Kong this week and believed to have been recruited by the same narcotic trafficking gang.
The customs' drug investigation bureau Senior Inspector said in the interview that the three suspects who boarded the same flight were flown from Brazil, Sao Paulo into Hong Kong through Dubai and Bangkok.
The two women flew into the city on Monday and were intercepted when they acted suspiciously at the customs presence. The man who flew into the city on Tuesday from Bangkok was also found acting strangely too and detained.
The investigation later indicated that the three suspects booked the same hotel in the city, brought along a similar amount of Basic Travel Allowances and their flight tickets were prepared by the same overseas travel agent.
The suspicious three were eventually taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for an X-ray examination that revealed that drugs had been concealed inside their bodies. As of Wednesday morning, the three discharged 154 pellets of suspected cocaine weighing about 1.6kg in total.
同路抵港三人因體內藏有1.6公斤可卡因被捕
海關週三表示，在發現藏匿在他們體內的價值 130 萬港元的可卡因後，三人於週一和周二在香港國際機場被捕。 他們在通關時行為可疑而被攔下。
據稱，這兩名年齡分別為 22 歲和 24 歲的女性以及一名 22 歲的男性本週從巴西前往香港，據信他們被同一個販毒團伙招募。
海關緝毒科高級督察接受采訪時表示，三名嫌疑人乘坐同一航班，分別從巴西、聖保羅經迪拜、曼谷入境香港。
這兩名婦女於週一飛抵該市，因在海關出現可疑行為而被攔截。 週二從曼谷飛入該市的男子也被發現行為異常並被拘留。
其後調查顯示，三名嫌疑人在市區預訂了同一家酒店，攜帶了相近數額的基本旅遊津貼，機票均由同一家境外旅行社代辦。
可疑的三人最終被送往伊利沙伯醫院接受X光檢查，結果發現他們體內藏有毒品。 截至週三上午，三人共排出154顆疑似可卡因顆粒，總重約1.6公斤。
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