2 Hong Kong men arrested after HK$10 million of suspected ketamine found in raid

Two Hong Kong men have been arrested after police found HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) worth of suspected ketamine in an industrial building.

Police on Sunday said that the force’s narcotics bureau launched an anti-drug operation in Ngau Tau Kok and Tai Po on Friday after conducting an in-depth investigation.

The force said that officers had raided units in an industrial building on Wang Kwong Road in Ngau Tau Kok that was believed to be a drug storage warehouse, seizing about 26kg (57.3lbs) of suspected ketamine.

The market value of the drugs seized was about HK$10 million, the force said.

During the raid, police arrested a 30-year-old local man for allegedly trafficking in dangerous drugs after he was found in one of the units.

Another local man, 28, was arrested later that evening in connection with the case at a housing estate on Tai Po’s Shan Tong Road on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic in dangerous drugs.