Customs seized 45 kg of the drug “ice” worth about HK$28.5 million in a thermoforming machine arriving from Mexico on Sunday but had yet to arrest anyone connected to the case. In the early hours of Sunday (Apr 16), customs officers inspected air cargo, declared to be a thermoforming machine weighing 340 kg, which would be further flown to Australia after transiting in Hong Kong. The drugs were valued at about HK$28.5 million, and the case was passed to customs’ drug investigation group. There were 225 drug trafficking cases in the first quarter of 2023, up 43 percent from 157 logged in the same period last year. Customs believed the figures reflected that drug trafficking syndicates were trying to switch their delivery methods and increase the number of trafficking activities as countries and cities reopened earlier this year.

Source: The Standard April 21, 2023 18:54 UTC