$210,000 cannabis seized in Tai Po, man arrested for drug trafficking

A 59-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after narcotics officers seized about one kilogram of suspected cannabis buds worth about HK$210,000 at a village house in Tai Po.

Officers from the Narcotics Bureau conducted an anti-drug operation in the area, raiding a village house on Tung Tsz Shan Road. Inside, they found two packages of suspected cannabis buds totaling about one kilogram, along with a batch of suspected drug packaging equipment.

The man was arrested on suspicion of trafficking in dangerous drugs and is being detained for questioning. He will be charged with one count of trafficking in a dangerous drug, with his case scheduled for hearing at Fanling Magistrates' Courts on Tuesday morning.