Hong Kong police seized 227 kilograms of suspected cocaine from two industrial units on Friday and made five arrests, in what amounts to the largest haul of the year.
In a separate raid on Friday, 10 kilograms of suspected heroin concealed in cosmetics were seized from a residential flat in Jordan, the Force announced on Sunday.
The suspected cocaine, discovered at units in Shatin and Tuen Mun, was believed to have a street value of HK$180 million, police said.
Narcotics Bureau Operations Unit Superintendent Lau Kai-pang said that officers stopped a man acting suspiciously at the Tuen Mun unit last Friday, and found the suspected cocaine on him, and inside the building. More was found at a unit in Shatin.
Three men and two women were arrested, including an Indonesian female, who was suspected to be the owner of the warehouse.
“[The drug cartels] try to use different locations to store the drugs with the purpose to diversify the risks behind and to minimise the chance that they are being detected,” Lau said.