News / HK police warn logistics players after $4.5m of cocaine is found in containers

Organised crime gangs smuggling drugs into Hong Kong often use logistics move hidden goods, so liner operators, freight forwarders and trucking companies in the territory must be more vigilant, said Hong Kong’s anti-narcotics force this week.

The message followed the discovery of 28kg of cocaine, with a market value of almost $4.5m, seized from a warehouse on Tuesday. The drugs had arrived in containers declared as carrying household products.

The narcotics squad had acted on information ...