SCMP
- Two local men arrested in connection with haul, which weighed 444kg and was hidden in ocean container sent from Brazil
- Discovery pushes total weight of all types of illegal drugs seized last year to record of nearly 9.5 tonnes
Hong Kong customs officers have seized a record HK$490 million (US$62.6 million) worth of liquid cocaine disguised as white wine that arrived in an ocean container sent from Brazil.
The 444kg haul (979lbs), discovered in December, brought the total weight of all types of illegal drugs found last year to nearly 9.5 tonnes, also a record for any single year in more than two decades, Senior Superintendent Wong Ho-yin of the customs’ drug investigation bureau on Monday said.
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