20-year-old man arrested in connection with Tai Wai drug manufacturing centre
發佈日期: 2025-09-02 22:40
TVB News
Customs cracked down on a suspected drug manufacturing centre in Tai Wai and seized about 620 grams of suspected crack cocaine and about 550g of suspected cocaine. They come with a total estimated market value of about 1.1 million dollars. A 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with the case.
During an anti-narcotics operation conducted in Tai Wai on Monday, customs officers intercepted a 20-year-old local man and seized about 500g of suspected crack cocaine inside a cross-body bag carried by him. Customs officers later escorted him to a premises nearby for a search and further seized about 550g of suspected cocaine, about 120g of suspected crack cocaine and a batch of suspected drug manufacturing and packing paraphernalia.
The arrestee has been charged with two counts of trafficking in a dangerous drug and one count of manufacture of a dangerous drug, and he will appear at the Shatin Magistrates' Courts on Wednesday.
According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, manufacturing a dangerous drug and trafficking in a dangerous drug are serious offences. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of 5 million dollars and life imprisonment.
