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Police in Hong Hong seize HK$180m worth of cocaine

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Hong Kong police have taken hold of 227kg of cocaine worth almost HK$180 million (US$22.9 million), the biggest confiscated by the force so far this year. According to reports, law enforcement officers also apprehended one woman and three men in an industrial building in Tuen Mun on Friday.

Superintendent Lau Kai-pang said one of the suspects, a 25-year-old, was intercepted while exiting a unit in the building. Officers found cocaine, each pack weighing 1kg.


Police also came upon 4kg of cocaine at a separate unit, which was linked to the same drug syndicate, at a public housing estate in Sha Tin. Officers on Saturday arrested a 51-year-old woman who was believed to be the owner of one of the properties.


In another operation on Friday, officers arrested two suspects, aged 26 and 61, at a flat in Jordan in connection with trafficking 10kg of heroin. Senior Inspector Tam Wai-lok, also of the bureau, on Sunday said "drugs were concealed in skincare product containers to evade detection while they were being shipped into Hong Kong".


Police said they confiscated 777 packages of heroin, each weighing around 12 grams, and were hidden inside several hundred containers. “After the drugs arrive in Hong Kong, members of the syndicates will open the package of the skincare products and repackage the drugs to make it more convenient to sell,” Tam said.


Superintendent Lau made it known that all the suspects arrested in both operations were aged 25 to 61, with some having connections to triad groups. The total value of the narcotics seized in the operation was about HK$190 million, he said.


Lau also added that both cases involved tactics often used by syndicates, such as relying on concealment, operating multiple warehouses and division of labour among its members.


香港警方繳獲價值1.8億港元的可卡因


香港警方緝獲了 227 公斤可卡因,價值近 1.8 億港元(2290 萬美元),是今年警方緝獲的最大一筆可卡因。據報導,執法人員周五還在屯門一座工業大廈逮捕了一名女子和三名男子。


警司 Lau Kai-pang 說,其中一名 25 歲的嫌疑人在離開大樓的一個單元時被攔下。官員發現了可卡因,每件重 1 公斤。


警方還在沙田公共屋村的一個與同一販毒集團有關聯的獨立單位檢獲 4 公斤可卡因。週六,警方逮捕了一名 51 歲的婦女,據信她是其中一處房產的所有者。


在周五的另一項行動中,警方在約旦的一間公寓逮捕了兩名年齡分別為 26 歲和 61 歲的嫌疑人,他們涉嫌販運 10 公斤海洛因。該局高級督察譚偉樂週日表示:“該藥物在運往香港時被藏在護膚品容器中以逃避檢測。”


警方表示,他們查獲了 777 包海洛因,每包重約 12 克,藏在數百個容器中。 “藥品到港後,團伙成員會打開護膚品的包裝,重新包裝藥品,以方便銷售。”譚說。


劉警司說,兩次行動中被捕的嫌疑人年齡都在25歲至61歲之間,其中一些人與黑社會組織有聯繫。他說,行動中檢獲的毒品總值約為1.9億港元。


劉補充說,兩起案件均涉及犯罪團伙慣用的手段,如依靠隱匿、經營多個倉庫、成員分工合作等。

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