By Vir B. Lumicao
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| Ecstacy weighing about 1.9 kilos was seized at HK Airport on May 8 last year |
A Filipina former domestic helper who is charged with
trafficking about 1.9 kilograms of suspected dangerous drugs will be tried in
the High Court next year, prosecutors told the Kowloon City Court today, Dec
17.
The defendant, Maricris Q. Quejada, appeared before Magistrate Peony Wong in Kowloon City Court, where she was read an amended charge.
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The prosecution said Quejada was arrested in a flat in Tsim Sha Tsui on May 13 this year for allegedly trafficking 1,852 grams of ketamine and 3.4 grams of another dangerous drug.
No other details of the case were mentioned and no plea was taken.
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The prosecutor said the case will be tried in the Court of First Instance on an unspecified date next year.
Magistrate Wong remanded Quejada in custody and ordered her
to appear in
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The Customs & Excise Department said in a government press release on May 14 that it seized about 1.9 kilos of suspected ecstacy tablets with an estimated market value of about $310,000 at Hong Kong International Airport on May 8.
Customs offices reportedly examined
an air postal packet that arrived from Germany and found the suspected ecstacy
concealed between layers of a carton box.
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In a follow-up investigation in Tsim Sha Tsui on May 13,
officers arrested a 37-year-old woman in connection with the case.
The woman was charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug and appeared in West Kowloon Court on May 15.
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Customs reminded the public not take part in drug trafficking activities in exchange for money, or agree to carry prohibited items into and out of Hong Kong.
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Drug trafficking is a serious offence in Hong Kong, for which the maximum penalty is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
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