Hong Kong police seize HK$25 million of cocaine in hotel room after ambushing suspect
Officers lay in wait outside hotel room after intelligence indicated syndicate was using it for storing illegal drugs, police say
The force said on Friday that the haul, discovered in a Kwai Chung hotel the previous day, comprised 31kg of what appeared to be cocaine and four litres of suspected liquid cocaine stored in four red wine bottles as cover.
Inspector Liong Chun-hin of the force’s narcotics bureau said the police operation successfully prevented the large batch of cocaine from circulating on the underground market.
The inspector said officers ambushed the man when he left the room in the evening.
“In his rented premises, officers seized 31kg of suspected cocaine and four red wine bottles used as cover, each storing one litre of suspected liquid cocaine,” Liong said, adding that the haul had an estimated street value of HK$24.8 million.
