Hong Kong police have arrested 29 people in an anti-drug operation, including a 13-year-old boy.
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In the operation, code-named “Bluesmoke”, officers raided three suspected drug storage units in an industrial building in Kwun Tong, a tenement building in Sham Shui Po and a village house in Tai Po on Monday.
Two men and three women, aged between 22 and 56, were arrested in the raids.
Police seized various suspected drugs with a street value of HK$3.5 million (US$449,000), including 590 etomidate-laced e-cigarette pods, 1.5kg (3.3lbs) of cocaine, 560 grams of ketamine, 580 grams of cannabis buds, 400 grams of methamphetamine and 25,000 Ecstasy pills.
Police, disguised as buyers, located the three storage units after approaching drug sellers on social media platforms between May and August this year to gather evidence.
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The others, 21 male suspects and three women, aged between 13 and 66, were arrested between Monday and Thursday at various locations.
They included a student, renovation worker, cashier, driver, delivery worker, business owner and an unemployed person.