Hong Kong police seize cocaine worth HK$4 million from a triad associate

An unemployed 34-year-old man, surnamed Lai, was intercepted by officers during an anti-narcotics operation on Friday afternoon with 4 packages of suspicious drugs at the Wetland park Road area in Tin Shui Wai, police authorities announced on Sunday.

A police department that acted upon the earlier information that a rented residential flat is being used for illegal drugs purposes, deployed officers to track a suspicious man using the said flat. However, officers later found 4.3kg of cocaine worth HK$4 million as estimated by the police at a private unit rented by the man.

Senior Inspector of police, Yeung Nga - Yung from Hong Kong Island Regional Special Duties Squad said " we have noticed that drug cartels use some flats in remote large private estates with relatively tight security as drug factories and storage to make it more difficult for police to investigate".

The Senior Inspector said further that the arrested man was believed to have a triad connection and further possibility of arrest can not be ruled out.

Under the Dangerous Drug Ordinance, any person convicted of trafficking or manufacturing a dangerous drug can be fined up to HK$5 million and receive a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

香港警方從一名黑社會同夥手中繳獲價值 400 萬港元的可卡因

警方周日宣布，一名失業的 34 歲賴姓男子於週五下午在天水圍濕地公園路一帶的緝毒行動中被人員截獲 4 包可疑毒品。

警方根據較早前有關租用住宅單位被用作非法毒品用途的消息採取行動，派出警員追踪一名使用該單位的可疑男子。 然而，人員其後在該男子租用的私人單位搜出4.3公斤可卡因，據警方估計價值400萬港元。

港島總區特勤隊高級警務督察楊雅容說：「我們注意到販毒集團利用一些偏遠大型私人屋村的單位作為毒品工廠和倉庫，使警方更難進入。 調查”。

高級督察進一步表示，被捕男子相信與三合會有關，不排除進一步被捕的可能。

根據《危險藥物條例》，任何人販運或製造危險藥物罪名成立，可被處以最高 500 萬港元的罰款，最高可被判處終身監禁。