Hong Kong police arrest six people, seize HK$43 million worth of drugs smuggled from Brazil and Malaysia


Hong Kong police have arrested six people and seized HK$43 million (US$5.5 million) worth of illegal drugs in two operations in the New Territories, with the haul believed to have been smuggled into the city from Brazil and Malaysia.

The six suspects comprised three Sri Lankan men and three Indonesian women, who were intercepted in one of the raids on Tung Wui Road in Yuen Long’s Kam Tin area at about 3pm on Monday.

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