Hong Kong police confiscate HK$210 million of Ice, biggest seizure of drug on record
Officers also arrest Malaysian man, 26, on suspicion of trafficking the substance after finding drug concealed in furniture
Hong Kong police have made the city’s biggest seizure of Ice on record, confiscating HK$210 million (US$27 million) worth of the drug concealed in furniture and arresting a 26-year-old Malaysian on suspicion of trafficking the substance.
Acting Superintendent Cheung Hok-fung of the force’s narcotics bureau said on Saturday that suspected substances – 335kg of solid Ice and 55kg of cocaine – were found in 25 out of the 245 boxes concealed in furniture.
The drugs were discovered in a shipping container that arrived from the United States to Hong Kong on Tuesday, he added.
Cheung said that the syndicate had requested a logistics company to pick up the containers and transfer the goods to a warehouse in Yuen Long on Thursday.
The police raided the warehouse on the same day and found a 26-year-old man who was unboxing the goods, adding that gloves and electronic scales were found within the place.
A total of 294 packets of drugs comprising 335kg of Ice, the largest seizure of its kind in record, and 55kg of cocaine were found among the goods.