Teen, 17, arrested in HK$3m ketamine bust in Cheung Sha Wan

A 17-year-old teen has been arrested by customs after officers seized some 5.5 kg of suspected ketamine worth about HK$3 million in a Cheung Sha Wan home used as a hidden drug warehouse. 

The Drug Investigation Group of customs conducted the anti-narcotics operation on Wednesday and intercepted a 17-year-old boy in Cheung Sha Wan. He was put under arrest after officers found a small amount of crack cocaine on him. 

The teen was subsequently escorted to a residential unit in the district, where customs further seized 5.5 kg of ketamine as well as some more crack cocaine and drug packaging tools. The drugs were worth about HK$3 million, customs said. 

Customs also said after a preliminary investigation that the involved unit, about 100 square feet, was sublet to another person and suspected that the unit was used as a warehouse as well as a distribution center. 

Officers believe that the teen was a dealer responsible for packaging and distributing the drugs to buyers in West Kowloon. 

Customs said the investigation into the case is ongoing.