Hong Kong police have arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of drug trafficking after uncovering a narcotics cache worth about HK$530,000 (US$67,520) hidden inside his Mong Kok home. Officers from Wong Tai Sin district’s anti-triad unit raided a flat on Pak Po Street on Monday, seizing about 1kg (2.2lbs) of suspected crystal meth “ice”. Police…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man after he was allegedly caught with HK$1.5 million (US$191,000) worth of suspected cannabis buds in his luggage at the airport. The Customs and Excise Department said on Tuesday the 37-year-old had flown from Bangkok the previous day During customs clearance, officers discovered 7kg (15lbs) of suspected cannabis…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 9kg (19.8lbs) of suspected narcotics with an estimated market value of HK$8.8 million (US$1.12 million) and arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking. The operation took place in San Tin, near Yuen Long in the New Territories, on Friday night. Officers intercepted a man acting suspiciously and…
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Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man after he allegedly arrived in the city on a flight from Thailand with cannabis buds worth about HK$5.4 million (US$696,200) in his suitcase. The Customs and Excise Department said on Thursday that the 49-year-old man had flown into the city from Bangkok the day before. During customs…
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 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…
A deal by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings to sell all its overseas ports to a consortium led by US firm BlackRock has taken a fresh twist, with the revelation that the new majority shareholder will not be American, but a low profile Italian-Swiss family with ambitions to control global shipping. Sources told the Post…