THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991
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INT'L DRUG SYNDICATES BROKEN UP
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HAVE BROKEN UP NARCOTICS DETECTIVES IN HONG KONG AND THE USA WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE TWO
DRUG SYNDICATES INTERNATIONAL FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS OF SUSPECTED KEY SYNDICATE MEMBERS BOTH IN HONG KONG AND NEW YORK.
ARRESTED FIVE PERSONS, INCLUDING FOUR MEN AND ONE WOMAN, WERE
30 WERE ARRESTED IN IN HONG KONG AND TWO AMERICAN MEN, AGED 24 AND NEW YORK IN A
UNITED STATES-HONG KONG UNDERCOVER OPERATION
JOINT
THAT LASTED THREE MONTHS.
OF SUSPECTED
NO. 4 HEROIN
IN THE OPERATION, 3.5 KILOGRAMMES WERE SEIZED IN NEW YORK WHICH CARRIED A RETAIL VALUE OF UP TO US $3.5 MILLION (HK$27 MILLION) IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS.
THE OPERATION WAS MOUNTED IN JANUARY WITH UNDERCOVER AGENTS BUYERS THE US DRUG
ADMINISTRATION (DEA) POSING AS ENFORCEMENT MANAGED TO SECURE THE DELIVERY OF THE SUSPECTED NO.4 HEROIN TO YORK IN MID-FEBRUARY.
FROM
AND
NEW
THE SUSPECTED DRUGS WERE CONCEALED IN MAHJONG TILES SENT HONG KONG.
FROM
SIMULTANEOUSLY BY OFFICERS THE TERRITORY YESTERDAY
MEANWHILE, RAIDS WERE CARRIED OUT OF THE NARCOTICS BUREAU IN VARIOUS PARTS OF
(WEDNESDAY).
RAST HOTELS
AGED ON WEDNESDAY
NARCOTICS BUREAU OFFICERS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOUR MEN,
IN TWO TSIM SHA TSUI BETWEEN 30 AND 35, EVENING.
IN NGAU TAU
KOK, KOWLOON ARREST OF A
FOLLOW-UP RAIDS WERE ALSO MOUNTED WALLED CITY, HUNG HOM AND WONG TAI SIN RESULTING IN THE 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN A HUNG HOM PREMISES.
IN THE OPERATION BUT CASH AND NO DRUGS WERE FOUND AMOUNTING TO $100,000 WERE SEIZED.
VALUABLES
THE TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK WERE BELIEVED TO BE DISTRIBUTORS OF THE ARIZED HEROIN.
MEMBERS OF TWO A LARGE QUANTITY MARKETS BY CONCEALING
POLICE BELEIVED THE ARRESTED PERSONS WERE KEY INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATES WHICH MIGHT HAVE EXPORTED OF NO 4 HEROIN FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES TO THE US THEM IN MAHJONG TILES AND BUDDHA STATUES.
EXCEPT FOR THE WOMAN WHO WAS RELEASED ON POLICE BAIL OF $500, THE REMAINING PERSONS ARE STILL BEING DETAINED FOR ENQUIRIES.