Five people have been arrested on suspicion of trafficking 102kg (225lbs) of cannabis and 3kg of cocaine worth HK$23.5 million (US$3 million) into Hong Kong, with most of them to be charged on Monday, police have revealed. Senior Inspector Ho Ho-ting of the narcotics bureau said the force had cracked down on a dangerous drug…
A U.S. Coast Guard crew seized roughly 10,000 pounds of cocaine from a fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean, the agency said on Monday. The haul was worth an estimated $74 million. The drug seizure took place in mid April, after the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Calhoun identified what the agency described as…
Hong Kong police have arrested 99 people, with the youngest being 13, in a citywide crackdown on drug trafficking this month, seizing 220kg (485lbs) of narcotics worth HK$117 million (US$15 million). Senior Inspector Ho Ho-ting of the narcotics bureau said on Tuesday that a series of arrests had been made between April 20 and 26,…
Hong Kong police have arrested 99 people, with the youngest being 13, in a citywide crackdown on drug trafficking this month, seizing 220kg (485lbs) of narcotics worth HK$117 million (US$15 million). Senior Inspector Ho Ho-ting, of the Narcotics Bureau said that a series of arrests had been made between April 20 and 26, concluding a…
Hong Kong customs has confiscated more than 2.6 tonnes of illegal drugs valued at HK$1.1 billion (US$141.8 million) and arrested 102 people in an air-land-sea anti-narcotics operation in the first quarter of 2025, the Post has learned. Latest figures obtained by the Post revealed that the haul marked a 33 per cent increase compared with…
Police in Texas found multiple packages of cocaine on the shores of Jamaica Beach, a small city on the Gulf of Mexico, on Easter Sunday, local officials said. Jamaica Beach officials said on social media that local officers and members of the Galveston Police Department had discovered the packages on the shore. Galveston borders Jamaica…
Hong Kong police have arrested 34 people, including a 13-year-old, and seized HK$170,000 (US$21,900) worth of narcotics such as suspected cannabis chocolates and confectionery, LSD, cocaine, amphetamines and “space oil” in an operation over the Easter holiday. Police said on Monday that four of the arrestees were also involved in separate cases of “furious driving”…
Hong Kong police have arrested four people in connection with the discovery of a 2,000 sq ft drug storage warehouse in Ta Kwu Ling, seizing suspected cocaine worth HK$38 million (US$4.9 million). Senior Inspector Ho Ho-ting, of the force’s narcotics bureau, said on Saturday that officers had raided a warehouse in Ta Kwu Ling on…
London, A 49-year-old Indian-origin drug dealer who masterminded the import and sale of cocaine and heroin worth more than 4 million pounds has been jailed for 18 years, after National Crime Agency investigators identified him from secret phone messages. Indian-origin drug dealer jailed for 18 years in UK Heemal Vaid, of Cheam, used EncroChat –…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a 37-year-old technician over drug trafficking and seized 39kg (86lbs) of suspected cocaine worth HK$33 million (US$4.2 million) hidden in a unit of a commercial building in a busy shopping district. Acting Assistant Superintendent Vincent Yeung Wai-hon from the Customs and Excise Department’s drug investigation division said on Saturday…