Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected dangerous drugs worth about $4.2 million (with photo)

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     Hong Kong Customs yesterday (January 14) shut down a suspected drug storage centre in Yau Tong and seized about 13 kilograms of suspected dangerous drugs with a total estimated market value of about $4.2 million. A 28-year-old man was arrested.

     During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Yau Tong yesterday afternoon, Customs officers intercepted a man and seized about 3kg of suspected drugs, including MDMA, heroin, cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms, inside a rucksack carried by him. The man was subsequently arrested.

     Customs officers later escorted him to a mini-storage warehouse and residential premises nearby for a search and further seized about 10kg of suspected drugs, including MDMA, heroin, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, ketamine, etomidate capsules, crack cocaine, cannabis buds and a batch of suspected drug packaging paraphernalia.

     An investigation is ongoing.

     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.

     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Ends/Thursday, January 15, 2026
Issued at HKT 18:00

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Hong Kong Customs yesterday (January 14) conducted an anti-narcotics operation in Yau Tong and seized about 13 kilograms of suspected drugs with an estimated market value of about $4.2 million. Photo shows the suspected drugs seized.