105kg of suspected cocaine and cannabis buds confiscated in Yuen Long and Tsing Yi busts, leading to the arrests of three men
Hong Kong police have seized HK$45 million (US$5.8 million) worth of suspected cocaine and cannabis buds in two separate cases in one day, with traffickers hiding the drugs under floorboards and inside furniture.
Senior Inspector Conrad Chan Yuen-fun, of the narcotics bureau’s operations division, said on Saturday that officers had arrested three men in two separate busts in Yuen Long and Tsing Yi the previous day, confiscating a total of 105kg (231lbs) of suspected cocaine and cannabis buds.
“After our preliminary investigations, we believe that syndicates used corrugated iron sheds in remote locations as storage units, putting the drugs in hidden compartments to increase the difficulty for law enforcement,” Chan said.
In the first operation, officers stopped a private car outside Shek Tong Tsuen in Yuen Long and discovered 11 packs of suspected cocaine, each weighing 1kg, and arrested the male driver.
