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16-year-old boy jailed in HK for drug trafficking
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-04 17:06
A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to four years and nine months imprisonment in
Hong Kong for trafficking drug by the city's Court of First Instance here
Tuesday.
The defendant, whose name was not disclosed by the court for privacy
protection reason, was charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs on October
26, 2005. He pleaded guilty to the charge on February 17 and was sentenced to
four years and nine months Tuesday.
Acting on intelligence, officers of Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau
intercepted the 16-year-old boy outside a hotel in Yau Ma Tei area of the
Kowloon District shortly before 9:30 a.m. on October 25 last year.
Upon searches, police officers found five packets containing 130 grams of a
mixture containing 60 grams of heroin hydrochloride tucking inside his right
sock.
Investigations disclosed that the boy carried the drug for a reward of 4,000
HK dollars (about 516 U.S. dollars). The haul could fetch more than 43,000 HK
dollars (5,548 U.S. dollars) in the retail market, according to the police.
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