Man charged over HK$16 million worth of cannabis plants in Hong Kong village house
Suspect arrested after officers swoop on Sheung Shui home to find large cannabis farm
A man was charged on Sunday over more than 1,200 cannabis plants seized in a police raid on a village house in Sheung Shui that had been turned into an indoor marijuana farm.
The 37-year-old man was accused of growing the plants, which had an estimated market value of more than HK$16 million (US$2 million).
Officers from the Narcotics Bureau swooped on the three-storey village block in Kam Tsin Village on Friday, finding 1,205 marijuana plants worth about HK$16.5 million inside, senior inspector Ho Yun-yin from the bureau said.
The man was arrested on the premises.
Officers also found equipment such as solar lights, soil, nutrient solution, dehumidifiers and air conditioners, which they suspected had been used to cultivate the plants.
Bureau staff also raided a flat in a village block in Ha Che, Pat Heung, arresting a 45-year-old man inside on suspicion of conspiring to cultivate the plants. Ho said the second man was the tenant at the Sheung Shui village house.