Hong Kong police seize HK$77 million worth of heroin, arrest 2 in crackdown on triad-controlled drug trafficking gang

After receiving a tip-off, officers from narcotics bureau lay in wait at Mei Foo Sun Chuen, a private housing estate in Lai Chi Kok, and arrested pair who arrived by car

Suspects, aged 40 and 41, later escorted to high-end flat in Cheung Sha Wan, where officers found 246 slabs of suspected heroin on top of 6kg one man carried

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Most of the heroin was found in a high-end flat. Photo: SCMP

Published: 6:38pm, 30 Mar 2023Updated: 6:39pm, 30 Mar 2023

Hong Kong police have arrested two local men after discovering HK$77 million (US$9.9 million) worth of heroin in a crackdown on a triad-controlled drug trafficking syndicate.

After receiving a tip-off, police began investigating the syndicate, which used an upscale flat for storing narcotics, according to the force on Thursday.

On Wednesday morning, officers from the narcotics bureau lay in wait at Mei Foo Sun Chuen, a private housing estate in Lai Chi Kok.

Shortly before 10am, a car carrying two men drove in and pulled over on Broadway and one of them left the vehicle and entered a nearby building.

Police seized 265 slabs of suspected heroin in total. Photo: SCMP

As the man left the building, officers moved in and intercepted him. Police seized 19 slabs of suspected heroin – weighing 6kg in total – in a bag he was carrying.

Police arrested him and the other man on suspicion of trafficking in a dangerous drug.

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