Police seize 212 kg of cannabis in To Kwa Wan; man charged
Police ambushed a building on Tam Kung Road in To Kwa Wan on 11 November 2005, intercepting a 32-year-old man with 1 kg of cannabis and finding another 211 kg vacuum-packed in his flat. The HKD9.5 million haul, imported from the Mainland, was the biggest since 2002.
Police charged a 32-year-old man with drug trafficking after seizing HKD9.5 million in cannabis in To Kwa Wan, the biggest haul since 2002.[1]Officers ambushed a building on Tam Kung Road at 4.45pm on 11 November 2005 and intercepted the man as he left carrying 1 kg of herbal cannabis.[1]Another 211 kg was found in his flat in vacuum-packed plastic bags.[1]
The cannabis had been imported from the Mainland.[1]The man was due to appear in the Kowloon City Magistracy the following Monday.[1]
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