The day before yesterday (15th), the Police Drug Investigation Division arrested 6 foreign men and women and seized 43 million yuan of drugs.
The police said that detectives found someone carrying goods in a vacant lot in Kam Tin, including 40 kilograms of cocaine and 1 kilogram of methamphetamine hidden in 4 boxes of instant noodles, and six men and women were arrested.
Detectives then searched a warehouse on Wing Kei Road, Kwai Chung, and seized 11 bricks totaling 11 kilograms of cocaine.
The police pointed out that during the epidemic period, criminal groups could not bring drugs into Hong Kong by means of "ant moving", so they switched to using containers to sell drugs to Hong Kong by water. The police did not rule out that more people would be arrested.
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Wu Long, Senior Inspector of the Action Team of the Police Drug Investigation Division, explained the case this morning (17th) that after investigation, the Drug Investigation Division officers conducted two anti-drug operations the day before yesterday (15th) and arrested 3 Sri Lankan men and 3 Indonesians The women are from 35 to 64 years old, and all the arrested persons have "street papers".
During the operation, the police seized about 51 kilograms of suspected cocaine and about 1 kilogram of suspected methamphetamine, with a market value of about $43 million.
At about 3:00 pm on Monday (15th), detectives intercepted three men and three women in a vacant lot near Tung Hui Road in Kam Tin. At that time, they moved the goods out of a container. The detectives found 1,323 boxes of instant noodles in the container. , 4 boxes contained 40kg of cocaine and 1kg of methamphetamine.
The six men and women involved in the case were arrested on the spot for drug trafficking. Two Indonesian women, aged 39 and 42, have each been charged with one count of "trafficking dangerous drugs". The case will be brought to the Tuen Mun Magistrates' Court in the afternoon. being detained for investigation.
Wu Long, senior inspector of the Action Team of the Police Drug Investigation Division, explained the case this morning (17th).
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In addition, on the afternoon of the same day, the police raided a warehouse on Wing Kei Road, Kwai Chung, and found 11 bricks of cocaine weighing 11 kilograms in a refrigerated container installation. The case is still under investigation, and the police cannot rule out that more people will be arrested.
The police said that the case involved containers entering Hong Kong by water, and the containers were from Malaysia and Brazil. It cannot be ruled out that during the epidemic, criminal groups could not bring drugs into Hong Kong in the form of “ant moving”, so they had to be smuggled into Hong Kong by water instead.
The police stressed that they have zero tolerance for all drug activities and will continue to crack down.
The police reiterate that drug trafficking is a serious crime. According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Chapter 134 of the Laws of Hong Kong, upon conviction, the maximum penalty is a fine of $500 and life imprisonment. Members of the public should not try the law.
The police are concerned about the youth of drug trafficking. A 16-year-old boy in Sham Shui Po is arrested for possession of 30,000 yuan of drugs. Fang refused to accept that it was up to the jury to decide that the Kwai Chung police intercepted a suspicious car and seized drugs.