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Hong Kong police arrested two men and a woman on suspicion of running a cannabis farm and seized nearly HK$20 million ($2.55 million) worth of illegal drugs in a two-day operation.
Police said on Sunday that officers last week raided two dens suspected of growing marijuana in industrial buildings on Sze Shan Street in Yau Tong and Ta Chuen Ping Street in Kwai Chung.
Kwai Tsing District Special Service Inspector Cheung Wing-shum said police confiscated 733 marijuana plants, three packets of marijuana and gardening tools during operations on Thursday and Friday.
The drugs have a market value of HK$19.9 million, she said.
Cheung added that two male suspects, aged 34 and 37, believed to be in charge of running the dens, were later arrested on suspicion of growing marijuana.
Both men, who are Vietnamese, held sponsorship forms and immigration documents that allow holders to stay in the city without work permit.
Cheung said a man had allegedly tried to escape despite repeated police warnings during his arrest and was charged with obstructing police enforcement. A third suspect, a 36-year-old woman who was also a tenant of the two units, was arrested.
Police are still investigating the relationship between the three.
香港警方突击搜查大麻农场，拘捕3人，检获价值2,000万港元的大麻
香港警方因涉嫌经营大麻农场逮捕了两名男子和一名女子，并在两天的行动中查获了价值近 2000 万港元（合 255 万美元）的非法毒品。
警方周日表示，警方上周突击搜查了位于油塘四山街和葵涌打砖坪街工业大厦内的两个涉嫌种植大麻的窝点。
葵青区特别服务督察张永森表示，警方在周四和周五的行动中，没收了733株大麻植物、三包大麻和园艺工具。
她说，这些药物的市场价值为1990万港元。
张补充说，两名年龄分别为 34 岁和 37 岁的男性嫌疑人据信负责经营该窝点，后来因涉嫌种植大麻而被捕。
两人都是越南人，都持有担保表——临时移民文件，允许持有者留在城市但不能工作。
张说，据称一名男子在被捕期间不顾警方多次警告，试图逃跑，并被指控妨碍警察执法。 第三名嫌疑人是一名 36 岁的女子，也是这两个单位的租户，被捕。
警方仍在调查三人之间的关系。
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