HOFO 015/14
PP BANGKOK
GR 125
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 140700Z
CONFIDENTIAL
Refles only.
NO DISTRIBUTION
R124/NKIOD
0723
156
14 NOVIC75
HKK1A11
TO PRIORITY BANGKOK TELEGRAM NUMBER 74 OF 14 NOVEMBER.
FOR J.P. LAW FROM CSP/NB.
SEIZURE OF MORPHINE AT KAI TAK.
AT 1700 HOURS ON 12.11.75 C/F MA SAU-CHUN (7456/4423/3791) AGED 39 YEARS OF 45 MAN YU BUILDING, JORDAN ROAD, KOWLOON, HONG KONG WAS ARRESTED BY N.B. AT THE BAGGAGE RECLAIM HALL, KAI TAK AIRPORT IN POSSESSION OF ABOUT 16 LBS. OF MORPHINE BLOCKS. THE MORPHINE WAS CONCEALED INSIDE FALSE BOTTOMS OF TWO LARGE CARDBOARD BOXES CONTAINING FOODSTUFFS WHICH SHE WAS CARRYING.
C/F MA ARRIVED IN H.K. ON FLIGHT SQ 632 FROM BANGKOK. SHE HAD DEPARTED HONG KONG ON 28.10.75 FOR BANGKOK AND CLAIMS TO HAVE STAYED AT THE TUNG FONG HOTEL, YIU WAH LICK ROAD, BANGKOK WHERE SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY APPROACHED AND HANDED THE BOXES BY UNKNOWN PERSONS. C/F MA CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS HER SECOND TRIP AND THAT ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO SHE MADE HER FIRST ATTEMPT AT IMPORTING MORPHINE TO H.K. IN A SIMILAR FASHION. ON THAT OCCASION SHE CLAIMS SHE STAYED AT THE MEI LA MA HOTEL(WHICH IS APPARENTLY OPPOSITE THE TUNG FONG HOTEL.)''
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