Hong Kong police have apprehended a man for allegedly possessing an e-cigarette capsule that tested positive for the newly emerging drug known as “space oil”, the first such arrest using the force’s rapid testing kit. Police said on Sunday that officers intercepted the man, aged 55, in Yau Ma Tei a day earlier and discovered…
Hong Kong police have apprehended a man for allegedly possessing an e-cigarette capsule that tested positive for the newly emerging drug known as “space oil”, the first such arrest using the force’s rapid testing kit. Police said on Sunday that officers intercepted the man, aged 55, in Yau Ma Tei a day earlier and discovered…
Hong Kong is battling a sharp rise in drug cases involving a newly emerging narcotic known as “space oil”, with police handling 90 reports in the first 10 months of the year compared with only eight in all of 2023. The force provided the latest data on Tuesday and said officers had arrested 99 people…
A Hong Kong primary school teacher is among seven people arrested by customs officers in a crackdown on the illegal import and distribution of the newly emerging drug “space oil”, with the seizure of anaesthetic that could produce HK$17 million (US$2.2 million) worth of the narcotic. Assistant Superintendent Ho Tin-hong of customs’ airport cargo unit…
Hong Kong police have arrested five people and seized more than HK$1.1 million (US$141,570) of illegal drugs, including the newly emerging “space oil”, in a crackdown on a local trafficking syndicate. The force said on Friday that investigations revealed the racket sold various narcotics on the city’s underground market and operated at a Cheung Sha…
Hong Kong is set to ban a newly emerging drug known as “space oil” next year by adding it to the existing narcotics law, the security minister has said. The drug, usually packaged as e-cigarette capsules, contained the anaesthetic etomidate, which could cause mental and physical harm, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on…
Hong Kong police have arrested six teenagers on suspicion of selling or possessing a new type of drug known as “space oil” disguised as e-cigarette capsules. Kwai Tsing district police said on Sunday officers seized five capsules of the controlled drug etomidate, an anaesthetic, along with five vape pens. The six teenagers, comprising four males…