Police arrested a teen Wednesday on suspicion of trafficking dangerous drugs worth about HK$8.38 million, with the teenager claiming to have taken payment of a few thousand dollars for committing the crime.
The 17-year-old, who police said had triad links, was arrested at an industrial building unit in San Po Kong on Monday. Officers believed the unit was being used as a place to hide drugs.
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Customs officers at the airport have seized around 13 kilogrammes of heroin hidden inside nylon mats brought into the city from Thailand.
The haul, estimated to be worth around HK$10 million, was discovered in a passenger’s suitcase on Saturday, officials said.
Police arrested two men for making and trafficking drugs in Mong Kok and Yuen Long, seizing suspected ketamine worth over HK$11 million.
In an anti-triad operation, officers intercepted a man at Foo Kwai Street in Mong Kok and found suspected ketamine on him. They further seized suspected ketamine weighing about 4.9 kilograms in his rental apartment.
A 42-year-old man was arrested in a disguised household goods store in Tsuen Wan for drug trafficking on Saturday after police seized 130 kilograms of methamphetamine worth about HK$75 million.
The Mong Kok police earlier received reports that drug traffickers use the store as a disguise to set up a drug warehouse. An anti-drug operation was conducted on Saturday during which a suspicious man was found entering the store and over a hundred packets of suspected methamphetamine were packaged in tea bags.
The shopkeeper was arrested.
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