Read the full judgment text of HCCC 000298/2008 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 March 2009.
1. The defendant, who is a 36-year-old Kenyan female, arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on 6 July, 2008, on a flight from Calcutta via Bangkok. She was intercepted by Customs officers, searched, and later examined at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A total of 99 pellets were found to have been concealed in her body, containing a total of 583.65 grammes of heroin. Under caution, the defendant admitted that she was to deliver the pellets to a person in China and was to be paid US$3,000.