​Hong Kong Customs detected two dangerous drugs cases in Kwai Chung and To Kwa Wan on July 3 and yesterday (July 8) and seized a total of about 56 kilograms of suspected ketamine, 1.2kg of suspected cocaine and 800 grams of suspected crack cocaine with a total estimated market value of about $23 million. Three persons suspected to be connected with the cases were arrested.
      
     In the first case, through risk assessment, Customs inspected a seaborne consignment, arriving in Hong Kong from the Netherlands and declared as carrying sugar cubes, at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound. Upon inspection, Customs officers found 56kg of suspected ketamine inside eight plastic buckets.
      
     Customs officers subsequently conducted a controlled delivery operation and arrested two men, aged 42 and 43, in Man Kam To. The 42-year-old man has been released on bail pending further investigation, while the 43-year-old man will be charged with one count of attempting to traffic in a dangerous drug and will appear at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts tomorrow (July 10).
      
     In the second case, during an anti-narcotics operation conducted in To Kwa Wan yesterday afternoon, Customs officers intercepted a 58-year-old suspicious man and escorted him to a residential unit nearby for a search and seized about 1.2 kg of suspected cocaine, 800g of suspected crack cocaine and a batch of drug packaging paraphernalia. The man was subsequently arrested. 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, July 9, 2026
Issued at HKT 19:25

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