Police seize HK$7.2m of medication, goal syndicate recruiting utilizing on-line gaming

Hong Kong police have arrested 4 males and seized 9.5kg (20.9lbs) of suspected medicine value about HK$7.2 million (US$918,850) in a case involving two mainland Chinese males allegedly recruited by a syndicate via on-line gaming platforms.

Police mentioned on Saturday that the operation started on Thursday, when officers intercepted a suspicious 21-year-old man from the mainland who tried to flee in Tsim Sha Tsui.

They escorted him to a close-by flat, the place they seized 399 grams (14 ounces) of ketamine and 193 grams of crack cocaine. The man was subsequently arrested.

Further investigation led officers to determine a drug trafficking syndicate that was utilizing a residential flat in Tsuen Wan as a packaging and distribution centre.

Police arrested a 19-year-old mainland man and seized 2.1 litres (4.44 US pints) of etomidate together with 780 grams of ketamine, methamphetamine and cocaine within the flat.

The investigation revealed that each mainland males had been lured via on-line gaming platforms and social media to assist run drug packaging and distribution in Hong Kong.

Two native males have been later arrested, and one other 8.1kg of cocaine was seized from a flat in Sheung Shui rented by certainly one of them.