Officials at Hong Kong International Airport have uncovered 11kg of suspected cocaine hidden in the cushions of an electric wheelchair. The haul has an estimated market value of about HK$12m and was found when a 51-year-old man was going through customs on Saturday. He arrived in Hong Kong from the Caribbean country of Sint Maarten via Paris, and has been arrested.
It was searched when customs officers became suspicious after it was scanned and they found evidence its seat cushion and backrest had been opened and restitched. The man, who was using crutches, told officials he was a car rental company director and the wheelchair had been loaned to him by a friend for use during his travels, according to local media reports.
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