Arrived from Mexico. It is the second most popular drug
(ANSA) – HONG KONG, APRIL 10 – The Hong Kong authorities have seized about 700 kilos of methamphetamine arrived from Mexico: this is the largest shipment of this substance ever found in the history of the former colony.
The methamphetamine was hidden in two shipments of industrial equipment that arrived in Hong Kong by air and sea, Lee Kam-wing, head of the Customs Department’s Narcotics Investigation Bureau, said.
Nearly 450 kg of liquid methamphetamine were found in three transformers, each weighing 500 kg, at the city’s airport. Another 253 kg of powdered methamphetamine arrived aboard a ship and had already been transported to a depot.
Methamphetamine is the second most popular drug in Hong Kong: authorities have seized 814 kg since the beginning of the year, an increase of more than 11 times compared to 71 kg seized in the first quarter of last year. (HANDLE).