22-year-old arrested in Kwai Chung hotel drug bust with HK$700,000 in narcotics seized

Police have arrested a 22-year-old local man and seized HK$700,000 worth of narcotics including etomidate cartridges during a hotel raid in Kwai Chung on Wednesday evening. 

Officers from Wong Tai Sin District Special Duty Squad conducted the operation at a hotel on Kin Chuen Street around 7:00pm following intelligence-led investigations.

The raid uncovered approximately 480 grams of suspected crack cocaine, 77 grams of suspected ketamine, 15 grams of suspected cannabis, and 380 suspected etomidate-containing cartridges. The suspect, surnamed Cheng, was taken into custody on suspicion of trafficking dangerous drugs and remains under investigation.

Under Hong Kong's Dangerous Drugs Ordinance Chapter 134, drug trafficking convictions carry maximum penalties of HK$5 million fines and life imprisonment.