Hong Kong seizes HK$1.4b suspected drugs over summer as traffickers target students

    Hong Kong seizes HK$1.4b suspected drugs over summer as traffickers target students

    Hong Kong customs has smashed an international drug trafficking network over the summer, seizing 6.1 tonnes of suspected narcotics worth more than HK$1.4 billion (US$178.5 million) and arresting 150 people as syndicates actively recruited students during the holiday period. Acting head of the Customs and Excise Department’s drug investigation bureau Wong Ngar-lun said on Tuesday…

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    Customs seizes record HK$230 million in gold and silver hidden in air cargo

      Customs seizes record HK$230 million in gold and silver hidden in air cargo

      Hong Kong customs officers have discovered HK$230 million (US$29.4 million) worth of gold and silver hidden in two air cargo shipments of household cleaning machines destined for Japan, making the largest seizure of precious metals on record. Senior Investigator Ho Ting-chun of the Customs and Excise Department’s syndicate crimes investigation bureau said on Thursday officers…

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