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  • Updated: October 29, 2022

Hong Kong Makes Biggest Methamphetamine Seizure

Hong Kong Makes Biggest Methamphetamine Seizure

Hong Kong has made its biggest-ever seizure of methamphetamine after uncovering a shipment arriving from Mexico worth about 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars ($140 million), authorities said on Saturday.

Customs officials found a record-breaking 1.8 tonnes of liquid meth hidden in cartons of coconut water en route to Australia.

The shipment, which officials said likely involved a massive international drug trafficking ring, comes as the Chinese financial hub sees a rise in drug busts involving meth.

Senior superintendent Lee Ka-ming, head of the drug investigation bureau at Hong Kong customs said; “We believe the liquid meth, of high purity, came from South America.

"It was packaged there and shipped via a convoluted route to Hong Kong to be sent to Australia.

"No arrests have yet been made.”

The latest bust came days after law enforcement seized meth worth $5.9 million hidden in electrical transformers, which was also headed for Australia.

Hong Kong has so far this year uncovered more than double the meth seized in the whole of last year, with almost three tonnes confiscated by authorities.

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