Hong Kong police arrested one Malaysian man and seized 49 kilograms of cocaine worth over HK$50 million in Kowloon Bay.
Police officers raided an industrial building in Kowloon Bay on October 11 after receiving a report about illicit dealings. They stopped and searched a 25-year-old man and seized one kilogram of cocaine from his backpack.
Officers then sought the man’s flat in the building, which he used as a warehouse, seizing 38 bricks of cocaine weighing 38 kilograms and another 10 kilograms in 10 plastic bags.
The haul was valued at more than HK$50 million, according to Senior Inspector Ng Ka-lun of the police’s narcotics bureau operations.
The Malaysian youth was believed to be a member of a drug syndicate, said officers, and arrived in Hong Kong under the auspices of being a tourist.
He then rented the flat in September this year and falsely claimed to be a warehouse keeper, after which he used the 900-foot warehouse to store drugs.
The man was accused of trafficking dangerous drugs and will appear in the Kwun Tong Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
Officers then sought the man’s flat in the building, which he used as a warehouse, seizing 38 bricks of cocaine weighing 38 kilograms and another 10 kilograms in 10 plastic bags.
The haul was valued at more than HK$50 million, according to Senior Inspector Ng Ka-lun of the police’s narcotics bureau operations.
The Malaysian youth was believed to be a member of a drug syndicate, said officers, and arrived in Hong Kong under the auspices of being a tourist.
He then rented the flat in September this year and falsely claimed to be a warehouse keeper, after which he used the 900-foot warehouse to store drugs.
The man was accused of trafficking dangerous drugs and will appear in the Kwun Tong Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.