The West Kowloon Regional Emergency Unit set up a roadblock at the junction of Dundas Street and Tung On Street in Yau Ma Tei on Wednesday (28th) and intercepted a taxi. A 16-year-old male passenger surnamed Ye Boy was found in the car with 5 bags of suspected Meth, with a total weight of 1.2kg.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of "drug trafficking".
Afterwards, the Anti-Triad Action Team of Yau Tsim Police District took over the investigation and tracked down the remaining accomplices. Finally, on the next day (29th), three more men (aged between 19 and 20) were arrested in Sham Shui Po District.
During the operation, the police seized a total of 4.5 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine and 2 packs of suspected ketamine weighing 300 grams, with a market value of about HK$3.5 million.
Inspector Chong Tak of the Anti-Triad Operation Team of Yau Tsim District's Anti-Triad Operation Team explained the case.
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Inspector Chong Tak of the Anti-Triad Action Team of the Yau Tsim District Police District said that the police discovered that criminal syndicates used money to lure minors into drug trafficking. After intelligence analysis, the police identified the identities of the remaining perpetrators.
The arrest operation was launched last night (29th), and two 19-year-old men surnamed Ye and Chen were successfully intercepted in Sham Shui Po District. A total of 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine were found on them.
The two were arrested on suspicion of "conspiracy to traffic in drugs" and "drug trafficking".
The police then raided the residential unit of one of the arrested persons in So Uk Estate, and seized 2.5 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine and 300 grams of suspected ketamine in the unit. The police also arrested a 20-year-old man named Chen in the unit.
The police pointed out that among the four arrested persons, some of them had triad backgrounds, and their relationships were friends, blood brothers, and former classmates. Some of them reported that their occupations were part-time restaurant waiters or unemployed.
It is reported that the teenagers received thousands of yuan each time as reward for drug trafficking.
Two of the arrested persons were escorted into the vehicle by police officers.
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The police reiterated that drug trafficking is a serious crime. According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Chapter 134 of the Laws of Hong Kong), any drug trafficker, once convicted, is liable to a maximum fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.