Police and law enforcement agencies are stretched with the protests entering their seventh month, and drug syndicates are thought to be cashing in amid the chaos. Photo: Sam Tsang
Police and law enforcement agencies are stretched with the protests entering their seventh month, and drug syndicates are thought to be cashing in amid the chaos. Photo: Sam Tsang
Drugs

Hong Kong drug seizures surge 74 per cent to HK$1.9 billion so far this year as syndicates become brazen amid protest chaos

  • Two record cases recently uncovered by authorities involved terrorist drug ‘chemical courage’ and crystal meth
  • Official says jump does not indicate a drug crisis for city, and enforcement agencies are fighting back with equipment upgrades

Police and law enforcement agencies are stretched with the protests entering their seventh month, and drug syndicates are thought to be cashing in amid the chaos. Photo: Sam Tsang
Police and law enforcement agencies are stretched with the protests entering their seventh month, and drug syndicates are thought to be cashing in amid the chaos. Photo: Sam Tsang
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