Burst
Written by: Zhang Jiahao and Chen Yongwu
2021-06-20 02:27
Last update date: 2021-06-20 06:30
The Intelligence Unit and Anti-Triad Unit of the West Kowloon Region launched an anti-drug operation codenamed "Thunder 2021" in Yau Ma Tei yesterday (19th), successfully smashed a drug storage warehouse and arrested three Nepalese men and women.
During the operation, about 5 kilograms of suspected cannabis extract and an electronic scale were seized, and the market value of the seized drugs was about one million yuan.
At 8 o'clock last night, the police laid an ambush outside a unit on the 7th floor of 820 Canton Road. A 38-year-old Nepalese man left the unit. The police stepped forward to intercept him and found a small amount of suspected cannabis on his body. The unit is believed to be a drug storage center. Later, the police found 5 kilograms of cannabis extract, an electronic scale and drug packaging tools in the unit, including a batch of traditional Nepalese wedding costumes, and arrested two 33-year-olds in the unit. And a 40-year-old Nepalese woman.
The police found a market value of more than one million cannabis in a sub-districted unit in Yau Ma Tei.
(Photo by Chen Yongwu)
The police believed that the drug dealers used the batch of Nepalese traditional costumes as a disguise, and transported the drugs to Hong Kong in the costumes, and then stored them in the unit.
According to the police, the drug shipment has a market value of more than 1 million and is believed to be supplied to South Asians in the region. The arrested men and women will be detained overnight for investigation and later charged with drug trafficking.
The police reiterated that trafficking in dangerous drugs is a serious crime. According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 134 of the laws of Hong Kong, the maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment. The public are urged not to try the law with their own eyes.
Police arrested two men and women in an anti-drug operation in Yau Ma Tei (photo by Chen Yongwu)
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