Hong Kong media/blog items - 2016
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Oct 8: Hongkongers arrested in Manila airport drug bust netting 28kg of cocaine worth HK$22 million
Sep
6: Mainland woman acquitted after serving 5 years - had been tricked by
African in Mainland to go Malaysia to bring drugs to HK
Aug 28: SCMP re Lai Chi Kok transfer of some inmates to Stanley
Aug 28 - SCMP: South American cocaine gangs increasingly target Asia-Pacific as US and European markets become saturated
July
19: Airmailed cocaine leads to HK$2 million haul and arrest of three Indonesian asylum seekers
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the latest in a growing
group ... some of them tricked while using Facebook
July 3- Hong Kong prisoners send greetings to Pope
June 19: SCMP re conditions at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre
June 12- China fast becoming Europe's drug wholesaler
May 16: Another drug trafficking case from Dubai airport:
3 arrested at HK airport for drug trafficking
April 20: Five Hongkongers could face death penalty over one of China's biggest cocaine seizures
April 11: New cocaine route prompts Hong Kong customs to step up Middle East links Couriers from South America discharge drugs in destinations such as Dubai, then pass illegal cargo to 'second-leg' mules to complete journey - see comment by "mricci"
March 10: Two days ago at a detention centre I met about a dozen recently arrested drug mules facing long sentences in Hong Kong. They came from different countries in South America, Asia and Africa (not East Africa!). All but one were persuaded or tricked or forced to bring drugs to HK by Nigerian Drug Lords based in South America, Asia and Africa. Shame, Nigeria, shame, shame, shame. I hope the new Nigerian government will assign special police officers to track down (not difficult) and arrest (not easy) these Nigerian Drug Lords who are destroying lives and families in many parts of the world.
March
8: Three arrested in Macau's 3rd greatest drug bust
The Nigerian arrested is "Happy" of HK Chung King Mansion fame,
responsible for many people going to prison for drug trafficking
Feb
24: US Homeland Security:
Do
You Know What Is in Your Suitcase? How Drug Traffickers Are Deceiving Seniors to
Smuggle Contraband
The hearing revealed 145 victims have been arrested outside the US and 44 of
them remain incarcerated. Fifteen so-called facilitators have so far been
arrested - in Hong Kong (?), China, Argentina and Spain
Feb
17, 2016: Ice
worth AUD$1 billion seized - HK/China arrests
Law enforcement
agencies have seized $1 billion of ice in the largest drug bust
of liquid methamphetamine in Australia's history. Three Hong
Kong nationals and one Chinese national have been charged
Feb 17, 2016: Woman from Dubai flight arrested at HK airport for trafficking
Feb 8, 2016: Drug bust nets HK$10m worth in New Year haul
Jan 20, 2016: Traveller from Hong Kong arrested at New Zealand airport after HK
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