Burst
Written by: Shao Peilin, Huang Weimin, Deng Boliang
2021-03-11 14:28
Last update date: 2021-03-11 14:31
Drug dealers soaked more than 800 sheets of paper with liquid cocaine, and then concealed them in the "sandwich" of cardboard suitcases.
The day before yesterday (9th), police officers from the Narcotics Bureau found two men and women carrying goods from a taxi to an industrial building outside an industrial building on Ha Heung Road in To Kwa Wan.
The detectives stepped forward and searched and found hundreds of fine paper skins in three cardboard boxes, all suspected of being impregnated with liquid cocaine. The two men and women and the taxi driver were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.
During the operation, police officers seized a total of 50 kilograms of drugs with a market value of more than 38 million yuan at the scene of the crime and a unit in Jordan.
The Chief Inspector of the Narcotics Bureau, Ye Xiulan, explained the facts of the case. According to the information, police officers of the Narcotics Bureau found that there were local drug dealers renting industrial buildings and subdivided units as drug storage and distribution centers.
After in-depth investigation, the detectives found two suspicious men and women off an industrial building on Ha Heung Road in To Kwa Wan the night before (9th). They were carrying goods to the industrial building by a taxi at that time.
The detectives stepped forward and searched, and found hundreds of thin pieces of paper in the three cardboard boxes held by the two men and women, and found another one wrapped in a vacuum plastic bag in the "sandwich" of the paper. Paper impregnated with liquid cocaine.
The detective found a batch of suspected drug manufacturing tools in the taxi involved, including two portable LPG stoves, a microwave oven, several shau Kei and pots, and drug packaging tools.
Chief Inspector of the Narcotics Bureau, Ye Xiulan.
(Photo by Huang Weimin)
3 Men and women arrested for "drug trafficking". The arrested reported unemployed, transport workers and taxi drivers
The detectives found a total of more than 800 pieces of paper suspected of being impregnated with liquid cocaine in the 3 boxes of cardboard boxes.
The police believe that after the drugs are processed, approximately 8 kilograms of cocaine can be extracted, with a market value of approximately HK$13 million.
At the same time, the detectives seized three bags of ketamine weighing approximately 42 kilograms in a sub-district unit on Man Yuen Street, Jordan, with a market value of approximately HK$25 million.
In this operation, the police seized a total of about 50 kilograms of drugs with a market value of more than 38 million yuan.
Ye said that the tactics in the case were relatively rare. In the past, drug dealers sandwiched the finished drugs in the paper sandwich.
Ye Xiulan said that the two men and women and taxi drivers were arrested for "drug trafficking". They were between the ages of 26 and 61. The arrested persons reported unemployed, transport workers and taxi drivers.
Initially, it is believed that the arrested person has no triad background. The two men and women are being detained for investigation. The taxi driver has been released on bail pending investigation. The investigation of the case is still ongoing.
Ye pointed out that the police successfully blocked a batch of drugs from flowing into the local market in this operation.
Drug trafficking is a serious crime. Once convicted, the maximum penalty is a fine of 5 million yuan and life imprisonment.
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