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Thousands of handbags containing 36.2 kilograms of heroin, market value of $47 million, middle-aged man temporarily charged with drug trafficking

2021-12-05T10:04:34.069Z


According to reports and in-depth investigations, officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau found that some people used the sub-district units in the factory building as a drug storage and distribution center. At about midnight yesterday (4th), the police proceeded at Wufang Street, San Po Kong


According to reports and in-depth investigations, officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau found that some people used the sub-district units in the factory building as a drug storage and distribution center.

At midnight yesterday (4th), the police carried out an anti-drug operation on Wufang Street, San Po Kong, intercepted and searched a 42-year-old man with a suspicious surname, Ma, and found a pack of about 55 grams of vacuum packaging suspected of being on him. Heroin.

The police then escorted the man back to his unit for search. They found 33 cartons of cardboard suitcases in the unit containing a total of 1,000 brand new handbags. The handbags contained a total of 658 packets of suspected heroin in vacuum packaging. It weighs about 36.2 kilograms and has a market value of more than 47 million yuan.


According to police investigations, the 42-year-old man surnamed Ma was responsible for unpacking and distributing drugs. The police arrested him and temporarily charged him with two counts of "trafficking in dangerous drugs". He will appear in Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts tomorrow.


Senior Inspector of the Police Narcotics Bureau, Liao Bingke, said that the criminal syndicate used the method of "splitting into parts" to store large quantities of heroin in batches in different brand new handbags. Each handbag contains a packet and is hidden in the handbag. Inside the film at the bottom to avoid police searches.

The police are now tracing the source of the drugs, and it is not ruled out that more people have been arrested. The police believe that this operation has successfully prevented a large number of drugs from entering the Hong Kong market.

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Source: hk1

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