Customs discovered that a private housing estate in Cheung Sha Wan was used as a drug storage warehouse by drug traffickers. It took action yesterday (4th) and intercepted a 31-year-old man who was driving from the parking lot of the housing estate to "deliver goods". A total of 60 kilograms of suspected cocaine with a market value of about 52 million yuan.
Customs pointed out that the drug trafficking syndicate involved in the case was cautious and chose private housing estates with newer buildings and parking lots as a cover to facilitate the storage and delivery of drugs.
The man was charged with two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug and the case will appear in West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (6th).
Customs arrested a man during the operation.
(Photo by Chen Haoran)
The 31-year-old man involved in the case reported that he was unemployed and was not a tenant of the private housing estate unit in the case. Customs believed that in addition to being the manager of the drug storage warehouse, he would also drive the drugs out of the market in batches for users and members of drug trafficking syndicates.
It is understood that the group involved in the case first chose another place to carry out the drug packaging process, and after completion, placed it in the housing estate unit in the case. The arrested man was paid about 8,000 yuan for each "delivery".
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Liu Liangzhi, commander of the third group of drug investigation of the Customs Narcotics Investigation Division, explained the case, and said that the customs officers launched an anti-drug operation in Cheung Sha Wan yesterday afternoon. At about 3 p.m., the customs officers stopped and searched a person who was planning to The man who picked up the car and left found a green bag with about 1 kilogram of suspected cocaine in his rucksack, so he was arrested.
The officers then took out a key in the car, and used the key to open a one-bedroom unit in the housing estate with an area of about 300 square feet and a monthly rent of 15,000 yuan. On the bed in the bedroom, 6 opened cardboard boxes were found, containing 51 Each brick weighs about 1.15 kilograms of suspected cocaine. Together with the drugs in the environmental bag, customs officers seized about 60 kilograms of suspected cocaine during the operation, with a market value of about 52 million yuan.
Liu Liangzhi, commander of the third group of drug investigation of the Customs Drug Investigation Division, explained the case.
(Photo by Chen Haoran)
Liu Liangzhi pointed out that the man involved in the case was charged with two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs, and the case will be brought up in West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts tomorrow.
In addition, the drug packaging has different patterns and marks, which are believed to come from multiple sources. The group involved was cautious and chose a relatively new private housing estate with a parking lot as a cover to facilitate the storage and delivery of drugs. The operation of the warehouse did not exceed one month. It is believed that only a small amount of drugs have flowed out of the market. A drug storage warehouse was smashed in this operation. Customs are tracing the source of drugs and the whereabouts of the tenants.
Liu Liangzhi appealed to the public not to try the law for financial gain. Drug trafficking is a serious crime. Once convicted, the maximum penalty is a fine of 5 million yuan and life imprisonment.
Members of the public can report suspected drug trafficking activities to the Customs 24-hour hotline 2545 6182, or through the dedicated crime reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk).