Shoe trafficker' faces dope rap

An overseas visitor will appear in Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Court today charged with drug trafficking.
The man, 23, was intercepted at Hong Kong International Airport on Friday evening after arriving from India via Bangladesh.
Customs officers allegedly found about HK$100,000 worth of cannabis resin in his shoes.
A spokesman for the Customs and Excise Department warned the maximum penalty for drug trafficking is life imprisonment.
The arrest came on the same day that the Narcotics Division said more than 90 percent of schools surveyed in 2008-09 reported substance abuse among their students.
01/03/10 The Standard, Hong Kong

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