Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000562/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 October 1985.
1. The facts of this case are sufficient to disturb anyone's faith in the Preventive Service. The appellant and his colleague, both of whom were then serving as Customs Officers searched a Chinese fishing vessel in Hong Kong waters and finding a quantity of Hong Kong currency illegally hidden on board appropriated some of the money for their own purposes.