Two students have been charged after Hong Kong customs officers discovered a vape suspected to contain the emerging drug “space oil” on one of them at a ferry terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui.
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Customs said on Sunday the two young women, aged 18 and 19, arrived in the city via the China Ferry Terminal on Canton Road the day before.
Officers found the vape suspected to contain space oil in the handbag of the 18-year-old during a routine check.
The two students were arrested after customs officers investigated.
The narcotic is typically packaged in e-cigarette capsules and contains the anaesthetic etomidate, which poses risks to users’ physical and mental health.
The students were jointly charged with one count of possession of a Part 1 poison.
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