The 14kg of drugs were found during a search of a woman’s home in Tseung Kwan O.
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested three people and seized HK$16 million (US$2.1 million) worth of cocaine in the department’s latest major narcotics bust.
The department on Thursday revealed that its officers intercepted a 24-year-old woman during an anti-narcotics operation in Tseung Kwan O the day before, with a search of her home turning up about 14kg of suspected cocaine.
The woman was arrested along with a pair of 21-year-olds – one male, one female – who were also at the residential unit at the time.
An investigation into the case is still ongoing.
The trio could face fines of up to HK$5 million and life imprisonment if convicted of drug trafficking.
Last Sunday, police charged a 21-year-old man with drug trafficking in connection with the force’s largest seizure of crystal methamphetamine so far this year, valued at more than HK$130 million.
In late September, police also uncovered a drug den in Kwai Chung while investigating the death of a 23-year-old man who had fallen from a residential rooftop. Three women were arrested in connection to the case after HK$1 million worth of suspected drugs, including cocaine and ketamine, were found during a search.
Seizures of five major illegal drugs – cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, heroin and crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as Ice – rose 63 per cent to about 3.68 tonnes in the first six months of 2021, up from around 2.25 tonnes a year earlier. Ecstasy seizures also rose sharply to 21,770 tablets, up 745 per cent.
A total of 2,287 drug-related cases were reported to police in the first eight months of the year, up from 1,539 in the same period in 2020.
The department on Thursday revealed that its officers intercepted a 24-year-old woman during an anti-narcotics operation in Tseung Kwan O the day before, with a search of her home turning up about 14kg of suspected cocaine.
The woman was arrested along with a pair of 21-year-olds – one male, one female – who were also at the residential unit at the time.
An investigation into the case is still ongoing.
The trio could face fines of up to HK$5 million and life imprisonment if convicted of drug trafficking.
Last Sunday, police charged a 21-year-old man with drug trafficking in connection with the force’s largest seizure of crystal methamphetamine so far this year, valued at more than HK$130 million.
In late September, police also uncovered a drug den in Kwai Chung while investigating the death of a 23-year-old man who had fallen from a residential rooftop. Three women were arrested in connection to the case after HK$1 million worth of suspected drugs, including cocaine and ketamine, were found during a search.
Seizures of five major illegal drugs – cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, heroin and crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as Ice – rose 63 per cent to about 3.68 tonnes in the first six months of 2021, up from around 2.25 tonnes a year earlier. Ecstasy seizures also rose sharply to 21,770 tablets, up 745 per cent.
A total of 2,287 drug-related cases were reported to police in the first eight months of the year, up from 1,539 in the same period in 2020.