Hong Kong police arrest father and 2 daughters over drug trafficking, seize HK$28 million worth of heroin
- Police say 24kg of heroin found at trio’s Tseung Kwan O flat after 23-year-old daughter intercepted nearby
- Citywide, officers have confiscated HK$586 million worth of narcotics in 12 major seizures of illegal drugs in the past month alone
Police have arrested a family of three for suspected drug trafficking – a father and two daughters in their 20s – following the seizure of HK$28 million (US$3.6 million) worth of heroin in a raid on their Hong Kong home.
Officers said they found two slabs of the drug weighing 600 grams in total on the 23-year-old sister when they intercepted her in a Tseung Kwan O estate.
Detective Inspector Wong Yuk-ching, of Tseung Kwan O criminal investigation unit, said the probe suggested the woman was in the process of delivering the packages to others at the time.
Officers then raided her public housing flat on the same Hau Tak estate, off Sheung Ning Road.
“Another 70 slabs of suspected heroin weighing 24kg in total were seized inside a bedroom,” Wong said.
The estimated street value of the haul is HK$28 million.
Wong said officers arrested her 45-year-old father and 20-year-old sister at the flat. The younger sister is a postsecondary student and the father is a merchant.