Police arrest 3 and seize HK$100 million in cannabis buds in beach raid

Hong Kong police have arrested three men and seized more than half a tonne of suspected cannabis buds worth about HK$100 million (US$12.77 million), marking the third-largest seizure of the drug by city authorities since 2020. Chief Inspector Lam Pak-kiu of the narcotics bureau said on Thursday that officers conducted an ambush in the early hours on Wednesday at a beach along Tai Mong Tsai Road in Sai Kung acting on intelligence regarding a seaborne smuggling syndicate. “Detectives spotted th...

By Oscar Liu