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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1989
LARGEST DRUG SEIZURE EVER MADE IN H.K. NETS 420 KILOS OF HEROIN
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NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS YESTERDAY (MONDAY) SEIZED ABOUT 420 KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED NO. 4 HEROIN IN SAI KUNG
THE LARGEST SEIZURE OF NO. 4 HEROIN EVER MADE IN HONG KONG.
THE SEIZURE CAN BE CONVERTED INTO 7.5 TONNES OF NO. 3 HEROIN AND HAS A LOCAL RETAIL VALUE OF HK$227 MILLION.
THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE DRUG INDICATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY TO BE DESTINED FOR MARKETS IN AUSTRALIA AND USA. WHERE THEY WOULD FETCH US$420 MILLION (OR HK$3.276 MILLION) AT THE RETAIL MARKET.
AS A RESULT OF INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS RAIDED A TWO-STOREY VILLAGE HOUSE IN CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD YESTERDAY,
DISCOVERED
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INSIDE THE PREMISES. NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS SEIZED 30 TRAVELLING BAGS WHICH CONTAINED ABOUT 420 KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED NO. 4 HEROIN,
IN THE SAME WARDROBE WHERE THE DRUGS WERE FOUND. TWO AUTOMATIC PISTOLS. ONE LOADED WITH EIGHT ROUNDS AND THE OTHER LOADED WITH FIVE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. WERE ALSO SEIZED.
TWO RADIO SCANNERS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED FOR INTERCEPTING POLICE MESSAGES WERE ALSO FOUND ON THE PREMISES.
NO PERSON WAS ARRESTED AT THE LOCATION.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE DISCOVERY, NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS RAIDED NINE ADDRESSES IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ARRESTED TWO MEN. AGED 29 AND 35. AND TWO WOMEN, AGED 24 AND 39, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SEIZURE.
THE SEIZURE IS BELIEVED TO BE A COMPLETE CONSIGNMENT OF DRUGS ORIGINATED FROM THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA AND SMUGGLED INTO
HONG KONG VIA THAILAND.
NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.
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