Hong Kong Customs finds 61kg of suspected heroin in snacks consignment from Thailand
Hong Kong Customs finds 61kg of sus.
Hong Kong Customs officers seized 61 kilograms of suspected heroin, with an estimated market value of about $65 million, from a seaborne consignment that arrived from Thailand on July 22.
The drugs were found concealed in instant rice vermicelli seasoning packets, in the consignment declared as snacks, HK Customs said.
Two men and a woman, aged between 31 and 42, were arrested in the Kwai Chung area on July 23.
The arrested persons are charged with one count of attempting to traffic a dangerous drug.
They will appear at the Tuen Mun Magistrates Courts on Monday.
HK makes big cocaine haul after drug busts
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Hong Kong police seize biggest haul of cocaine
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2021-04-04 11:06:00 GMT2021-04-04 19:06:00(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, April 4 (Xinhua) The Hong Kong police said on Sunday that they have busted two drug trafficking cases recently and seized about 706 kg of cocaine in one of them, which was the largest cocaine haul seized in Hong Kong.
On April 2, the police intercepted a man in Fo Tan, the New Territories, and found 165 kg cocaine in five cardboard boxes in his cart. Another 495 kg of cocaine was found by the police in a unit of an industrial building nearby. The following day, the police intercepted another man and found 46 kg of cocaine in his home in Sha Tin.