Hong Kong Customs and Hong Kong Police Force take drugs worth over 479 million in joint anti-narcotics operation (with pictures)
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Hong Kong Customs and the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) carried out a massive anti-narcotics operation codenamed “Boldhit” from June 1 to August 31 this year to fight drug trafficking activities making use of air travelers as drug carriers by drug distributes. Throughout the operation, Customs, the HKPF, Mainland and abroad police found an overall of 74 drug cases, taking around 1 219 kgs of presumed drugs consisting of marijuana, ketamine, drug, methamphetamine, heroin and MDMA, with an approximated market price of over $479 million. Ninety-six individuals presumed to be gotten in touch with the cases were detained.
Throughout the operation, Hong Kong Customs and the HKPF worked together with 12 Mainland and abroad police to assist in close and real-time exchange of intelligence, performing joint evaluations to successfully track and obstruct air travelers associated with drug trafficking. The Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Mainland Customs, the Narcotics Control Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Shenzhen General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, German Customs, Canada Border Services Agency and the Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore likewise effectively spotted drug trafficking cases in their particular areas.
Custom-mades and the HKPF have actually long made every effort to obstruct the inflow of drugs to Hong Kong by embracing a threat management and an intelligence-led technique according to the patterns of drug markets and smuggling channels. Both sides will continue to make needed modifications in method and implementation in accordance with modifications in the drug trafficking patterns and boost co-operation with abroad enforcement firms to eliminate versus multinational narcotics trafficking activities.
Customizeds and the HKPF remind members of the general public to remain alert and not to take part in drug trafficking activities for financial return. They need to decline working with or delegation from another celebration to bring regulated products into and out of Hong Kong. They are likewise advised not to bring unidentified products for other individuals.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a harmful drug is a major offense. The optimum charge upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life jail time.
Members of the general public might report any believed drug trafficking activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its devoted crime-reporting e-mail account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online type (eform.cefs.gov.hk/ form/ced002), or to the HKPF’s drug reporting hotline 2527 1234 or “e-Report Centre” of the HKPF’s mobile application.