Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 13, 1991 TAG: 9102130498
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LESLIE TAYLOR STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Ulysses Shiu-Ting Hui pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to charges of illegally importing a one-ounce package of hashish and of possessing an additional 75 grams of marijuana.
A U.S. customs agent and officers with the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department arrested Hui at his fraternity house in January.
Agent David Borden testified Tuesday that Hui, 19, had mailed a Federal Express package from Hong Kong to his home address in Lexington. The package was addressed to one of Hui's fraternity brothers and carried a return address in Hui's name, Borden said.
The package was intercepted in Alaska, where it caught a Customs Service agent's attention because it was addressed to a post office box, Borden testified.
"Federal Express does not deliver to post office boxes," Borden said.
Borden hand-delivered the package to Hui at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house. After he accepted it and signed an invoice, Borden left to contact the sheriff's department. Borden then returned, took the package back and arrested Hui.
Borden searched Hui and found a hashish pipe and marijuana in his pocket. A search of his room turned up a plastic bag of marijuana in his freezer, Borden testified.
Hui, a U.S. citizen and native of Hong Kong, faces a maximum 11 years in prison and a fine of up to $261,000.
Hui, a graduate of an exclusive Massachusetts prep school, voluntarily withdrew from W&L after his arrest. He now lives in an apartment in Lexington with his mother, who moved there from Hong Kong after her son was arrested.
Hui's father continues to reside in Hong Kong but did attend Tuesday's court hearing.
by CNB