Read the full judgment text of CACC 000539/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 May 1995.
1. On May 1 last year, this applicant, a man in his late 30's, arrived in Hong Kong by air. He cleared immigration. At the customs counter, his suitcase was found to contain a briefcase. In a secret compartment of the briefcase were two plastic bags containing almost three kilos of dangerous drugs, cocaine hydrochloride, with a retail value of over $5 million.