Hong Kong Customs shuts down drug manufacturing centre and seizes suspected cocaine and suspected crack cocaine worth about $1.1 million
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (September 1) shut down a suspected drug manufacturing centre in Tai Wai and seized about 620 grams of suspected crack cocaine and about 550g of suspected cocaine. The total estimated market value was about $1.1 million. One man, aged 20, suspected to be connected with the case, was arrested.
During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Tai Wai yesterday, Customs officers intercepted a 20-year-old local man and seized about 500g of suspected crack cocaine inside a cross-body bag carried by him. The man was subsequently arrested. Customs officers later escorted him to a premises nearby for a search and further seized about 550g of suspected cocaine, about 120g of suspected crack cocaine and a batch of suspected drug manufacturing and packing paraphernalia.
The arrestee has been charged with two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of manufacture of a dangerous drug, and he will appear at the Shatin Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (September 3).
According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, the manufacture of a dangerous drug and trafficking in a dangerous drug are serious offences. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Hong Kong Customs shuts down drug manufacturing centre and seizes suspected cocaine and suspected crack cocaine worth about $1.1 million Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
