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Written by: Peng Kaixin and Guo Qianwen
2020-04-03 15:46
Last updated: 2020-04-03 15:46Police detected a drug case in Tsim Sha Tsui, seized about $ 3 million worth of drugs and arrested 3 foreign men. During the early hours of yesterday (April 2), officers from the Narcotics Bureau conducted an anti-drug operation in Chongqing Daxia, Tsim Sha Tsui. During a raid on a hotel in the building, about 2 kg of suspected cocaine, 1.7 kg of methamphetamine and 300 grams of suspected heroin, the total value of drugs is about 3 million. Three foreign nationals were arrested during the operation, aged between 33 and 43. All of them held "street paper" and reported being unemployed. Three people were charged with "trafficking in drugs". Two of them were charged with fierce resistance by the police during the arrest and also involved the crime of obstructing office work.
Police have detected a drug case in Tsim Sha Tsui and seized about $ 3 million worth of drugs and a batch of packaging tools. (Photo by Guo Qianwen)
Yang Junhao, senior inspector of the third A team of the Detective Action Group, said that the capsule drug was seized during the operation. It is believed that the group used people to hide drugs in the body to transport drugs from overseas to Hong Kong.
Police believe that a drug syndicate active in the area has been dismantled during the operation, using hotel rooms as drug distribution centres. Police appealed that, under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in dangerous drugs is a serious crime and is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of $ 5 million and life imprisonment.
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