China News Service, February 18. According to Hong Kong's "Dian News" report, the Hong Kong police announced on the 18th that the Narcotics Investigation Bureau launched an anti-drug operation in Yau Ma Tei on the 16th and arrested two foreign passport holders for "trafficking in dangerous drugs". About 132 kilograms of suspected cocaine was seized from a man, with a market value of about HK$120 million (the same below). It is the largest seizure of cocaine so far this year.
Superintendent Tam Wei-sin of the Operation Team of the Police Narcotics Investigation Bureau said that after in-depth investigation and analysis, the police discovered that a drug trafficking syndicate is soliciting tourists holding foreign passports to carry out drug trafficking activities. On the afternoon of the 16th, detectives intercepted a suspicious man in the lobby of a building in Yau Ma Tei and found 15 bricks of cocaine weighing a total of 15 kilograms in his suitcase. The police arrested the 47-year-old Nigerian man on drug trafficking charges. The man was escorted back to the hotel room rented in the building for search. The police found a 44-year-old Colombian man and several suitcases in the hotel room. The detectives found 109 bricks of cocaine and two bags of cocaine in the room and suitcases. The cracked bricks of cocaine weighed a total of 117 kilograms. A total of 132 kilograms of cocaine were seized during the operation, with a market value of NT$120 million.
The two arrested men entered Hong Kong from Spain via the UK with Spanish passports and were allowed to stay in Hong Kong for three months. The arrested person is under investigation and will be charged with trafficking in dangerous drugs later and will appear in court at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on the 19th.
Tam Wei-sin pointed out that the drug trafficking syndicate went to great lengths to recruit tourists with foreign passports to carry out drug trafficking activities, and used guerrilla methods to cover up in Yau Ma Tei hotels with numerous buildings and attempted to rationalize drug trafficking by hiding drugs in suitcases. Escape from the police's determination to arrest drugs. The police reiterated that drug trafficking is a serious crime and one could be fined $5 million and sentenced to life imprisonment upon conviction. Members of the public should not take the law into consideration.