Hong Kong customs seizes HK$3.4 million worth of suspected drugs, arrests 2 men
Suspected ketamine, cocaine and ‘Ice’ seized in two separate operations, department says
Hong Kong customs officers seized 6.5kg of suspected drugs worth about HK$3.4 million (US$433,800) and arrested two men in separate cases earlier this week.
The Customs and Excise Department said on Friday the first arrest occurred two days earlier at Hong Kong International Airport when officers found 3.1kg (6.8lbs) of suspected ketamine in the baggage of a man, 43, who arrived from Bangkok.
The department said the suspected drugs were concealed inside food packaging in the baggage.
In the second case, officers intercepted a man, 41, during an anti-narcotics operation in Yau Ma Tei on Thursday.
Officers escorted him to a nearby hotel room where, in a subsequent search, they found about 1.7kg of suspected cocaine and around 1.7kg of suspected “Ice”, or methamphetamine.
Officers also found “drug inhaling apparatus and a batch of drug packaging paraphernalia”, customs said. The man was subsequently arrested.