Police seize 195 kg of cannabis in Tai Po and charge suspected trafficker
Hong Kong's Narcotics Bureau arrested a 36-year-old man in Tai Po on 1 June 2007 and seized 195 vacuum-packed one-kilo slabs of cannabis with a retail value of about HKD10.1 million. The man was charged with two counts of drug trafficking.
Hong Kong’s Narcotics Bureau smashed a drug syndicate shipping cannabis into the city to meet local market demand, arresting a 36-year-old man and seizing 195 kilograms of cannabis in an operation on 1 June 2007.[1][2]Following an intensive investigation, officers apprehended the man at an address in Tai Po and later seized 195 slabs of vacuum-packed cannabis herbs in a stone hut, each slab weighing one kilogram.[1]
The seizure could fetch some HKD10.1 million on the retail market.[1]The man was charged with two counts of trafficking in dangerous drugs.[1]
The bureau published a photograph of its officers briefing the news media on the case.[1]
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Narcotics Bureau officers brief the news media on the Tai Po seizure case.Photo details
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