Superintendent of Customs Narcotics Investigation Henry Fong said at a press conference that the amount representedThis is the largest seizure of illegal drugs this year. and that the street value of the booty would triple if it were sold in Australia.

“Forty leather rolls were found to contain illegal drugs. Each roll contained 91 vacuum-packed plastic bags. each contained 65 grams of alleged methamphetamine.” Fong said.

customs services launched an investigation into this shipment in July, after receiving intelligence information from their foreign counterparts.

After analyzing the data of the pre-declaration system for shipments from America for about 10 days, identified this suspicious package from Mexicowhich was selected for verification upon arrival in that city on 12 July.

Phong said the seizure demonstrated effectiveness of international cooperation between the law enforcement agencies of Hong Kong and other countries and insisted that they will continue to exchange information to combat international drug trafficking at its source.

According to statistics, seizures of the top five illegal drugs in the city arecocaine, cannabis, methamphetamine, heroin and ketamine— increased by two-thirds, to 3,712 kilograms, in the first five months of this year, compared with 2,227 kilograms in the same period in 2022, according to data published by the newspaper. South China Morning Post.

(EFE)