The suspect was caught on his round with 30 parcels containing Ecstasy sent from the Netherlands
Customs officers have arrested a postman for allegedly trafficking $8 million worth of Ecstasy mailed from the Netherlands to addresses on his daily round in Hunghom.
The postman, 48, was caught carrying 30 parcels in his bag containing 24,700 tablets from the Netherlands while delivering letters in a building in Tak Man Street at 6pm on Tuesday.
Three more parcels with 2,500 tablets were seized from the mail distribution division in Kowloon City. The 33 parcels, each containing 15 to 18 plastic straws, had arrived in Hong Kong over three days.
Superintendent Daniel Cheung Chi-kwong, head of the customs drug investigation division, said the 27,200 tablets, worth $8.16 million, were sent by an international drugs ring and were believed to be intended for mostly overseas markets such as New Zealand and Japan.
'The suspect is responsible for delivering mail to about 20 buildings in Hunghom every day. He is believed to have arranged for the drugs to be sent to the buildings in his work area.
'The parcels were sent to 33 real addresses but the 33 recipients do not exist. The postman knew which parcels were intended for him and collected them,' Mr Cheung said.