Police seize $3.25m meth, cocaine in Pat Heung, arrest 2 foreigners

Police seized about six kilograms of suspected methamphetamine and 270 grams of suspected cocaine worth around HK$3.25 million in Pat Heung on Wednesday night, arresting two foreigners.

The Narcotics Bureau stopped a suspicious foreign man on Kam Sheung Road around 7pm and found about one kilogram of suspected meth in his backpack. Officers then searched his nearby residence and found a foreign woman along with another five kilograms of suspected meth and the cocaine.

The 35-year-old man and 36-year-old woman were arrested for suspected drug trafficking. The man also faces allegations of obstructing police, illegal entry and possessing another person's identity document.

They will be charged and appear at Sha Tin Magistrates' Courts on Saturday. The man is Nigerian and the woman South African.