Hong Kong police and customs have arrested 96 people and seized more than HK$479 million (US$61 million) worth of drugs in a months-long joint effort, with authorities warning that an increasing number of mainland Chinese and foreign air passengers are being lured into smuggling narcotics. Authorities said on Tuesday that the recruitment of non-local air…
A 13-year-old boy was among more than 400 people arrested in a citywide anti-drug operation over the summer, with Hong Kong police saying he was suspected of trafficking four capsules believed to contain etomidate, previously known as space oil. Police said on Sunday that officers smashed 303 drug cases during the seven-week operation, code-named “Tailbacker”,…
Hong Kong police have arrested 29 people in an anti-drug operation, including a 13-year-old boy. In the operation, code-named “Bluesmoke”, officers raided three suspected drug storage units in an industrial building in Kwun Tong, a tenement building in Sham Shui Po and a village house in Tai Po on Monday. Two men and three women,…
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Hong Kong police have arrested 67 people after an undercover operation found a triad group running membership clubs and bars that brought in sex workers from Thailand, Taiwan and mainland China. A source said on Saturday that the operation was the third recent effort targeting triad group Sun Yee On, including senior-ranking gangster “Little B”….
Hong Kong police have arrested 67 people after an undercover operation found a triad group running membership clubs and bars that brought in sex workers from Thailand, Taiwan and mainland China. A source said on Saturday that the operation was the third recent effort targeting triad group Sun Yee On, including senior-ranking gangster “Little B”….
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man who flew in from the Netherlands after 30kg (66lbs) of suspected ketamine and smoking products worth about HK$12 million (US$152,870) were found in his luggage. The 37-year-old man arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday on a flight from Amsterdam. During clearance, officers from the Customs and Excise…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man who flew in from the Netherlands after 30kg (66lbs) of suspected ketamine and smoking products worth about HK$12 million (US$152,870) were found in his luggage. The 37-year-old man arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday on a flight from Amsterdam. During clearance, officers from the Customs and Excise…
Hong Kong customs has seized HK$4 million worth of suspected cannabis buds at the airport and arrested two passengers who arrived from Bangkok. A spokesman for the Customs and Excise Department said on Sunday that officers had detected suspected cannabis buds in the check-in suitcases of two men during the clearance process after arrival. “Customs…
Hong Kong customs has seized HK$4 million worth of suspected cannabis buds at the airport and arrested two passengers who arrived from Bangkok. A spokesman for the Customs and Excise Department said on Sunday that officers had detected suspected cannabis buds in the check-in suitcases of two men during the clearance process after arrival. “Customs…