Hong Kong customs seized the biggest haul of trafficked methamphetamine in Hong Kong’s history on October 23. An amount of 1.8 metric tons (2 tons) of suspected high-purity liquid methamphetamine was concealed in a coconut water cargo shipment from Mexico. The market value is estimated to be about HK$1.1 billion (approx. US$140 million). It is believed that a large transnational criminal group was involved.
Fong Heung-wing, Divisional Commander (Drug Investigation), Customs Drug Investigation Bureau of Hong Kong, said that after the customs exchanged intelligence, it was expected that a transnational criminal group had converted methamphetamine into a liquid state and planned to smuggle it to Hong Kong by sea. Therefore they started to step up inspection of the goods and investigated the shipment database.
