Hong Kong police seize HK$900 million worth of cocaine in biggest such bust in nearly a decade
- Two men arrested in Fo Tan and Sha Tin, with one carrying 150 bricks of the drug on a trolley outside an industrial building
- Officers arrest a third man and discover 28kg of methamphetamine and 400 grams of heroin in Sau Mau Ping flat
Hong Kong police have seized 700kg of cocaine worth about HK$900 million (US$115.7 million) in their largest bust of the narcotic in a decade.
Officers arrested two men, aged 19 and 25, after finding bricks of cocaine in Fo Tan and Sha Tin on Friday and Saturday.
A haul of heroin and methamphetamine worth HK$15 million was also found in Sau Mau Ping in a separate operation, which led to the arrest of a third man.
“We believe the cocaine was shipped into Hong Kong from South America with speedboats, after the drugs arrived near the city’s waters, as the drugs had been carefully wrapped with tape and packed in waterproof nylon sacks,” said Ng Kwok-cheung, senior superintendent of the narcotics bureau.
Ng said he believed the drugs had arrived recently as the sacks were still damp.
Police stopped the first man who was pushing a trolley with 150 bricks of cocaine outside an industrial building in Fo Tan on Friday. They found an additional 450 bricks inside the building.