Hong Kong Customs seized about 700 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine with an estimated market value of $400 million in the operation at Hong Kong International Airport and a logistics warehouse
This is a record seizure of methamphetamine by Hong Kong Customs
The drugs were discovered in a consignment declared as containing transformers that arrived from Mexico at Hong Kong International Airport on March 18
About 447kg of suspected liquid methamphetamine was found concealed inside three huge transformers
Following investigation and intelligence exchange Hong Kong Customs made a further seizure on March 24 at a logistics warehouse in Sheung Shui, in which about 253kg of suspected methamphetamine was found in 10 pieces of industrial-use anti-vibratory rubber
Two local men, aged 43 and 44, were arrested
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