Officials call for deeper collaboration as previous efforts are credited with a 40 per cent drop in the city’s drug users from 2015 to 2024
Authorities of Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province have called for increased joint operations to combat narcotics following their efforts over the past 18 months, which have resulted in the arrest of 512 people and the seizure of 14.4 tonnes (31,746lbs) of drugs.
Officials from mainland China’s central and local anti-drug authorities warned on Friday that the fight against narcotics had become more severe and complicated, with new technologies and types of drugs emerging.
Hong Kong hosted the first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Anti-drug Summit on Friday, which was also attended by narcotics officials from Singapore.
“Drug control cooperation in the Greater Bay Area has achieved significant development, with major achievements in regional drug control efforts,” said Wei Xiaojun, director general of the Narcotics Control Bureau under the Ministry of Public Security, in his keynote speech.
