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Drug dealers remotely control and dispatch goods and call logistics deliverymen to deliver police detained 5 men and inspect 100 million yuan for drugs

2021-07-23T04:42:46.048Z


Drug dealers "change tricks" use technology to remotely manipulate members and call logistics deliverymen to dispatch goods. The police said that drug dealers were found monitoring cameras through the telephone network, remotely manipulating and monitoring logistics delivery personnel, and asked them to enter the warehouse by themselves.


Drug dealers "change tricks" use technology to remotely manipulate members and call logistics deliverymen to dispatch goods.

According to the police, drug dealers were found to monitor the camera through the telephone network, remotely manipulate and monitor logistics delivery personnel, asking them to enter the warehouse to pick up the goods by themselves, and then to the designated place for delivery. The drugs will be mixed with pillows and shoes in the truck, and the backbone members of the group Will be manipulated behind the scenes and never show up.

On Wednesday (21st), the police successfully smashed a drug cartel and arrested 5 people, seized drugs with a market value of about 177.1 million yuan. The arrested persons included key members of the group, dispatchers and buyers.


On Wednesday (21st), the police successfully smashed a drug cartel and arrested 5 people, seized drugs with a market value of about 177.1 million yuan. The arrested persons included key members of the group, dispatchers and buyers.

(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)

The Acting Chief Superintendent of the Narcotics Bureau, Wu Yingshi, today (23) explained the facts of the case. According to the informant, the officers of the Narcotics Bureau cracked down on two drug trafficking syndicates on Wednesday (21) afternoon. They were in Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Arrests were launched in Fanling and other places. A total of 5 local men were arrested, aged between 17 and 29, all of whom were reported unemployed.

During the operation, the police seized a total of 120 kilograms of drugs with a market value of approximately RMB 177.1 million.

Drug cartels remotely manipulate criminals and call logistics couriers to dispatch goods

The police found that drug dealers rented multiple warehouses to store drugs and used technology to remotely manipulate members to commit crimes.

Superintendent Chen Jiangming of the Narcotics Investigation Bureau stated that the police discovered for the first time that there was a drug cartel, renting multiple small warehouses to store drugs, and called logistics trucks to instruct deliverymen to different warehouses, and remotely controlled and monitored the deliverymen through the phone's network monitoring camera. , Requiring them to pick up the goods from the warehouse, and the warehouses are equipped with smart code locks.

Chen continued that group members will safely deliver goods to designated locations to deliver the drug-containing goods to lower-level buyers, or transfer them to their warehouses for storage and deliver them to their own grass-roots delivery personnel.

During the whole process, the key members of the group will be manipulated behind the scenes, and they will not show up and participate.

The police found that drugs were mixed in the bed, pillows and shoes, thus evading police chase and reducing the risk of arrest.

The police said that in this operation, it is believed that a drug trafficking gang that had been in operation for about three months had been smashed. The arrested persons included key members of the group, dispatchers and buyers.

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In the afternoon of the day before yesterday (21st), agents of the Narcotics Investigation Bureau intercepted and searched a suspicious man in Choi Ying Village, Ngau Tau Kok. At that time, the man received a box of goods from a deliveryman of a logistics company.

The detective found that there were 10 packets of cocaine weighing about 3 kilograms in the box, and the drugs were stored in some glue shoes.

Afterwards, the detectives searched the unit where the man lived, and found three packages of cocaine weighing approximately 580 grams.

The 26-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

In addition, detectives raided a hotel room on Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong and arrested a 29-year-old local man on charges of conspiracy to traffic in drugs.

The police stated that the man believed to be a key member of the drug cartel and seized 3 mobile phones suspected to be related to the case during the operation. He did not rule out his use of mobile phones to manipulate drug trafficking activities.

After the police investigation, the group used 16 industrial units in Kowloon and the New Territories as drug storage warehouses. The police seized 204 packages of cocaine weighing about 53 kilograms in 6 of the warehouses.

The detectives also raided a residential unit on Yiming Road, Fanling. The unit contained 17 packs of methamphetamine, 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine carried on plastic trays, 5 bricks of cocaine weighing about 6 kilograms, and 12 packets of ketamine weighing about 44 grams. And a batch of drug packaging tools.

The detectives arrested two 19-year-old men at the unit on charges of drug trafficking. They were suspected of being members of a drug syndicate.

During the operation, the police seized about 67 kilograms of drugs with a market value of approximately HK$78.7 million.

According to the police, the four arrested persons are being detained for investigation. Three of them will be charged with one count of drug trafficking and one count of conspiracy to traffic in drugs. The case will appear in Eastern Magistracy tomorrow (24).

In addition, detectives intercepted and searched a suspicious man at an industrial building on Hoi Shing Road, Tsuen Wan, and found that the man was holding an environmentally friendly bag containing a packet of tin foil tea packaging, containing about 1 kg of suspected ketamine, and 121 sachets with a total weight on his body. About 42 grams of crack cocaine.

Later, the detectives found another 48 packs of ketamine weighing about 53 kilograms of ketamine in the industrial unit owned by the man in the man’s possession. The total market value of the drug was about HK$28.4 million.

The 17-year-old local man was arrested for drug trafficking and the case appeared in West Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

The police pointed out that some drug cartels used young people's weaknesses, such as immature thinking and quick money, to induce them to commit crimes. They called on parents to pay attention to the whereabouts of their children and avoid being used by criminals.

Owners of warehouses also need to be vigilant, and should report to the police if there is any suspicion.

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