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Hong Kong Case Law

Use of social media in drug distribution
  • 25 Jan 2022

    HKSAR v. CHEUNG FAI HO

    Citation
    [2022] HKCFI 223
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA132/2021

    Although the quantity of cannabis oil was small, the learned Magistrate validly treated the offending as a novel commercial enterprise using Instagram to reach a wide and potentially vulnerable market; that aggravating feature justified a custodial sentence and the two-month sentence after discount was not manifestly excessive, so the appeal is dismissed.

    • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
    • Cannabis oil potency adjustment
    • Use of social media in drug distribution
    • Guilty plea discount
    • Sentencing starting point