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Hong Kong: Three arrested in HK$44m drug bust in Cheung Sha Wan and Tai Kok Tsui

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February 16, 2023

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Two men and a woman were arrested in a HK$44 million drug bust as they were found using a Cheung Sha Wan home and a Tai Kok Tsui unit to keep over 50 kg of heroin, ketamine and cocaine.

The operation was conducted on Monday afternoon as customs intercepted two suspicious men who were moving 10 boxes at a residential building in Cheung Sha Wan, in which officers found 45 kg of suspected heroin hidden in 124 bags.

The two men were later escorted to a nearby private home where cops further seized about 1.5 kg of suspected cocaine, a small amount of suspected ketamine and crack cocaine, and some drug packaging equipment.

Another woman there was also arrested.

After further investigations, customs raided a commercial building in Tai Kok Tsui and seized about 3 kg of heroin, 1.1 kg of ketamine, and about 700 g of cocaine.

The drugs were worth about HK$44 million and the trio arrested, aged 22 to 24, were reportedly truck driver, logistic worker and piano teacher.

Customs believed drug syndicates have been using private homes and commercial units for storing and packing drugs in order to diversify the risks.

Officers also believed the operation successfully stopped the drugs from entering the market in West Kowloon.

The investigation is ongoing and customs said they may make more arrests.

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/200301/Three-arrested-in-HK$44m-drug-bust-in-Cheung-Sha-Wan-and-Tai-Kok-Tsui

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Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

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November 3, 2024

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More than 600 kilograms of suspected cocaine — roughly the weight of a concert grand piano — was discovered inside a shipment of grapes intercepted by border officers earlier this month.

The seizure took place on Oct. 15 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency says an investigation is underway with law enforcement partners.

The agency declined an interview and said it doesn’t comment on the status of ongoing investigations.

CBSA hasn’t provided an estimate of the street value of the 615 kilograms, but earlier this year estimated the value of a cocaine seizure less than half this size at $6.5 million.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-cocaine-grapes-1.7368639

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UK: Drug dealer caught with imitation gun and cocaine after swearing at passing police car

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October 19, 2024

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Miguel Mota, 18, was stopped by neighbourhood police officers after he shouted abuse at them and then tried to run. In the video above, the officer can be heard saying “You’re bringing attention to yourself by saying ‘f**k you’ as we drive past you”.

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Dad of Brit facing 60yrs in US prison for ‘trying to smuggle £3.5m in cocaine’ insists she is ‘only guilty of stupidity’

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October 15, 2024

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THE DAD of a Brit beautician facing up to 60 years in jail in the US after allegedly smuggling £3.5million worth of cocaine has insisted she is “only guilty of stupidity”.

John Hall, 59, defended his daughter Kim, 28, after she was detained at Chicago’s O’Hare airport as she was waiting for her connecting flight to Manchester.

The dad said she was offered the free holiday by people she met on an earlier trip to Portugal.

And he insisted all she is guilty of is “stupidity and naivety” as they desperately wait for news.

John said that she is “petrified” – and that at first she could barely speak to her family through floods of tears after the arrest.

The dad is convinced that Kim would have been “forced” to carry the drugs “without a shadow of a doubt”.

John told The Sun: “She’s not a drug smuggler.

“She was told that it would be money she was carrying. They got her phone and threatened her family and that’s why she did it.

“She’d been to Portugal with a friend and met people over there who contacted her when she was back saying they were into real estate in Mexico and she could go for a free holiday.

“Her friend declined but she said she would go.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/31038866/dad-brit-drug-mule-cocaine-prison/

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