Read the full judgment text of CACC 000401/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 November 1970.
1. The appellants, that is to say the 1st appellant and his second wife, who are nationals of and residents in Pakistan, arrived at Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, on the 2nd June 1970 by Lufthansa flight from Karachi. Their luggage, admittedly, consisted of three pieces, namely two suitcases and one briefcase. On inspection at the Airport all three pieces, according to the evidence for the prosecution, were discovered to have false bottoms, each containing raw opium. The total quantity of raw opium