Another quantity of suspected cocaine worth HK$8 million was found afloat at Lido Beach, 5 days after HK$19 million worth afloat at Stanley Beach

The 8 slabs of suspected cocaine were found inside the container afloat in the sea. Photo: Handout

Another quantity of suspected cocaine worth HK$8 million was found afloat at Lido Beach, Tin Kau section Tsuen Wan on Tuesday after last Thursday discovery of 19 packages of cocaine worth HK$19 million were found near the shore and a shark prevention net at Chung Hom Kok Beach in Stanley in Southern district. 

According to the reports on the recent discovery, police officers were dispatched to the scene at 9.52 am on Tuesday after someone at the beach reported the presence of a suspicious container on the sea.

Afterwards, the information from the police spokesperson revealed that eight packages containing 8kg of eight slabs of suspicious illegal drugs were found inside the container about 10 metres offshore and they were worth HK$8 million in street value.

The police spokesperson added that officers found nothing else after searching the shoreline in the area and no one has been arrested yet.

The officers from the force’s narcotics bureau are investigating the case, police said.

5天后，在赤柱海灘發現了另一批價值800萬港元的懷疑可卡因，價值1900萬港元。

繼上週四在荃灣天九段麗都泳灘附近海岸及舂磡角防鯊網發現19包價值1,900萬港元的可卡因後，週二又在荃灣天九區麗都泳灘發現了另一批價值800萬港元的懷疑可卡因。南區赤柱的海灘。

根據最近發現的報告，在海灘上有人報告海上存在可疑貨櫃後，警方於上午 9.52 分被派往現場。

其後，警方發言人透露，在離岸約10公尺的貨櫃內發現8個包裹，內含8公斤、8塊可疑毒品，市值約800萬港元。

警方發言人補充說，警方搜查該地區的海岸線後沒有發現其他任何東西，目前還沒有人被逮捕。

警方表示，警方緝毒局的人員正在調查此案。