Officers on Thursday discovered the drugs, including ice, ketamine and heroin, hidden in more than 1,000 bottles of apple, orange and grapefruit juice. The two men are believed to be part of a transnational drug trafficking group but have not found any connection to triads. Chou said moving drugs through imported cargo had become a major avenue for traffickers due to stricter immigration restrictions during the pandemic. In the first half, police seized 348 kilograms of ice, up 20 times from the 16 kilograms seized in the same period last year. Chou said the amount of ice and heroin seized this year has exceeded the total for the two drugs seized in the last two years.

Source: The Standard August 30, 2020 19:07 UTC