China News Service, Hong Kong, April 4 (Reporter Wang Jiacheng) The Hong Kong police held a press conference on the 4th to report that the police cracked 2 drug trafficking cases in Shatian District and Sau Moping District on the 2nd and 3rd of this month, of which 1 was seized. A total of 706 kilograms of cocaine with a market value of more than 935 million yuan (HK$, the same below) is the largest cocaine case ever cracked by Hong Kong law enforcement agencies.
The picture shows the Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Investigation Division Lin Minxian (middle), Senior Superintendent Wu Guozhang (left) and Superintendent Chow Wangzhong (right) attending the press conference.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
According to the police, the Narcotics Investigation Bureau intercepted and searched a local man who was leaving outside an industrial building in Sha Tin on the afternoon of the 2nd, and found 150 bricks of cocaine weighing about 165 kilograms in a cardboard box on his cart.
The police then escorted him to a unit in the Shangzhi Industrial Building for search, and found 450 bricks of cocaine weighing approximately 495 kilograms.
Police investigation found that some drugs had been transferred to a small warehouse of a criminal syndicate and locked another private residential unit in Sha Tin.
In the early morning of the next day, the detectives arrested another suspicious man outside the private residential building and seized 42 bricks of cocaine weighing approximately 46.2 kilograms in the rented unit.
During the operation, the police arrested a total of 2 local men. Among them, a 19-year-old man surnamed Lu reported that he was delivering a car and a 25-year-old man surnamed Li who claimed to be a part-time stage technician.
The two people were detained overnight for investigation and will be charged with one drug trafficking crime respectively. The case will be brought to court on the 5th.
According to the police, different from smuggling the drugs into containers, all the drugs were sealed with adhesive tape. At the same time, they also seized a number of waterproof bags that were still wet, believed to have originated in South America and were carried by ocean-going vessels. Near Hong Kong waters, it has only recently been transported ashore by speedboat.
The picture shows the police showing the suspected drugs and tools seized.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
Another case involved a public housing unit in Sau Mau Ping.
On the evening of the 2nd, the police intercepted and searched a 61-year-old local man in the public housing building and found about 1 kilogram of methamphetamine on his body.
Afterwards, detectives took the man to his public housing unit and found another 28 kilograms of methamphetamine and 400 grams of heroin bricks.
According to the police, the batch of methamphetamine was concealed in tea packaging. Similar to the previous methamphetamine case, it is believed to come from Southeast Asian countries. The group has been operating for a period of time and it is believed that some drugs have already entered the market.
According to the police, the number of drugs seized in Hong Kong has been on the rise in recent years. Among them, the seizures of marijuana, cocaine, ketamine, heroin and methamphetamine last year increased by 1 to 7 times year-on-year. Many countries have restricted passenger transportation due to the epidemic. Drug cartels have recently stopped using ants to move a small number of times to traffic drugs. Instead, they have smuggled drugs into the country by hiding them in legal goods with different camouflage methods. (Finish)