China News Service, Hong Kong, November 8th (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Hong Kong police held a press conference on the 8th to announce that they raided two containers arriving in Hong Kong from Brazil and seized 610 kilograms of suspected cocaine with a market value of approximately 620 million yuan (HK$, lower). Same), the police subsequently arrested a 28-year-old man for "trafficking in dangerous drugs".
On November 8, the Drug Investigation Division of the Hong Kong Police held a press conference to introduce a drug trafficking case. The total market value of the suspected cocaine seized in the case was about 600 million Hong Kong dollars, making it the second largest drug trafficking case ever cracked by the Hong Kong police.
When the Hong Kong police searched two containers shipped from Brazil to Hong Kong in a logistics company in Tin Shui Wai last Friday, they found the suspected drugs and later arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of drug trafficking in an industrial building in Kwai Chung.
The picture shows the Hong Kong police displaying the evidence involved in the case.
Photo by Chen Yongnuo
According to Chen Jiangming, Superintendent of the Narcotics Investigation Division of the Hong Kong Police, on the 5th, agents of the Narcotics Investigation Division searched a logistics company in Tin Shui Wai for two containers containing 256 barrels of frozen juice from Brazil, and 7 barrels of them were frozen by the police. A total of 610 kilograms of cocaine was found in the juice, with a market value of about 620 million yuan.
This is the second largest amount of cocaine seized by the police in a single case.
According to Chen Jiangming, these ice buckets containing frozen juice are about 80 cm high and 60 cm in diameter. Each bucket contains frozen juice and weighs 180 kg.
The drug dealers sealed the drugs and hid them in the juice in seven ice buckets, and transported them to Hong Kong by ship in a freezing container with a temperature of minus 18 degrees.
The Hong Kong police displayed the evidence involved in the case.
Photo by Chen Yongnuo
He pointed out that because the juice in the bucket has frozen and only 7 of the more than 200 ice buckets contain drugs, this greatly increases the difficulty of inspection by law enforcement officers. In addition to using advanced technologies such as spectrum analyzers and X-ray machines to determine the ice buckets In addition to whether there are foreign objects inside, law enforcement officers also need to chip away the ice cubes one by one to confirm whether the foreign objects are drugs.
The police arrested a 28-year-old man in Kwai Chung on the 6th. He reported that he was unemployed and was currently charged with "trafficking in dangerous drugs". He appeared in Hong Kong West Kowloon Magistracy on the afternoon of the 8th.
Chen Jiangming emphasized that the police operation is still in progress and it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
The Hong Kong police briefed the case.
Photo by Chen Yongnuo
The Acting Chief Superintendent of the Police Narcotics Bureau, Wu Yingshi, said that from January to September this year, the Hong Kong police and customs seized a total of 1,719 kilograms of cocaine, a significant increase of 73% over the same period last year.
She said that the police will continue to adopt different strategies to combat drug trafficking activities, including promoting legislation, strengthening education and publicity, and intelligence collection.
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