​Hong Kong Customs shut down a dangerous drugs storage and distribution centre in Mong Kok yesterday (June 3) and seized about 31 kilograms of assorted drugs. The total estimated market value was about $13 million. A 33-year-old man was arrested.

     During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Mong Kok yesterday, Customs officers intercepted a man and seized about 1.6kg of suspected cannabis buds in a recycling bag carried by him. The man was subsequently arrested. Customs officers later escorted him to a nearby residential unit for a search and further seized about 13kg of suspected heroin, 12kg of suspected ketamine, 3.6kg of suspected cannabis buds, 1.1kg of suspected cannabis candy, 128 suspected MDMA tablets, 12 millilitres of suspected cannabis oil, and a batch of drug packaging paraphernalia.

     The 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, June 4, 2026
Issued at HKT 19:12

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