The number of drugs from Hong Kong Customs in the first half of the year increased by

The Hong Kong Customs announced that the number of drug -related cases obtained by the airport in the first half of this year increased by 80 % year -on -year.

According to the Hong Kong News Agency, the Hong Kong Customs announced on Tuesday (July 18) that the first six months of this year detected a total of 604 drugs at the airport, and about 2.3 tons of suspected drugs were seized. It is estimated that the market value is about 9RMB 70 million (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, about S $ 164 million).The number of cases and the number of drug sections increased by 80 % from the same period last year.

According to reports, the types of major drugs seized include about 572 kg of marijuana, about 504 kg of ketamine, about 436 kg of methamphetamine, and about 241 kg of cocaine.

The Hong Kong Customs introduced that more cases were used to transport cargo poison.One of the cases, of a batch of 119 video cameras, found 60 of which have 60 kilograms of ketamine, and the black market value is 35 million yuan; the criminals buy expensive electronic equipment, remove the parts after removing the parts, Try to avoid customs investigation.

Other common techniques also include the collective mode of muddy water touching fish, putting a small amount of drugs in a large number of groceries; there are 86 similar cases in the first half of the year, an increase of 1.4 times compared with the same period last year.Some people also penetrate liquid methamphetamine into the pillow. In November last year, poison vendors attempted to transport two pillows from the United States, with methamphetamine with methamphetamine, with a total of four kilograms and a black market value of 2 million yuan.

The Hong Kong Customs pointed out that after the epidemic, passengers resumed their exchanges. Some aviation passengers were poisoned in their bodies or luggage mezzanine. In the first half of the year, there were 26 times, which increased by four times year by year.

The Hong Kong Customs says that the drug trafficking groups are changing with each passing day, and the customs will continue to use X -ray and computer faults to screen the immigration to further check, while strengthening intelligence analysis and risk assessment, and severely crack down on drug transport.