$1.6m narcotics haul in Mongkok raids
Anti-narcotics police arrested a man and three women after seizing $1.6 million worth of cocaine, heroin and Ice during raids in Mongkok. The man, 42, is suspected of being the boss of a drugs syndicate. He was arrested in Soy Street. Police seized 1.8kg of heroin, 634 grams of cocaine and 476 grams of cannabis in his unit on Pak Po Street. The three women, aged between 22 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Man held over theft of jewellery at Repulse Bay
Police have arrested a mainland illegal immigrant and have recovered $800,000 worth of jewellery allegedly stolen from a Repulse Bay house. Officers apprehended the suspect, 24, outside Seaview Promenade near Repulse Bay Beach at 6am yesterday. As he was questioned, an expatriate woman, 36, reported to police that her house had been ransacked. The man allegedly sneaked into the house while the family slept.
Four injured as car and truck collide
Four men were slightly injured when a car and a container truck collided in Lok Ma Chau just before 8am. The car driver and three passengers, aged 23 to 27, were taken to North District Hospital after the collision at the junction of Castle Peak Road and Lok Ma Chau Road.
Illegal workers held
