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Five men escape into mainland waters after Hong Kong police swoop on alleged smuggling job

One man arrested on Sai Ying Pun waterfront as alleged partners outrun Marine Police boat

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Officers seized goods from the lorry, which carried boxes of electronic components and cough syrup to the shore at Eastern Street North. Photo: Handout

A boat carrying at least five alleged smugglers outran Hong Kong’s Marine Police on Wednesday and escaped into mainland waters, after officers swooped on what they said was a handoff of HK$5.5 million worth of goods to be sneaked across the border.

Police arrested a Hongkonger, a suspected accomplice, whom the others left behind on the Sai Ying Pun waterfront after aborting the job in the early hours.

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The man, 55, was in a lorry which had carried 49 boxes of electronic components and 25 boxes of suspected cough syrup to the shore at Eastern Street North, the force said.

According to police, officers monitored the situation from 10pm on Tuesday.

At about 1am, they found four men trying to shift the boxes from the lorry to the speedboat at the waterfront, near Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park.

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