Woman arrested in Tsim Sha Tsui drug raid, HK$117,000 cocaine seized
Police raided a Granville Road flat in Tsim Sha Tsui, arresting a 28-year-old woman and seizing 107 grammes of crack cocaine worth HK$117,000. She faces drug trafficking charges under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.
A 28-year-old local woman was arrested on Tuesday after police dismantled a suspected drug storage and distribution centre in a Tsim Sha Tsui flat, according to a police statement.
The Kowloon City police district special duties team raided the residential unit on Granville Road, seizing about 107 grammes of suspected crack cocaine and a batch of drug packaging tools.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and is being detained. The drugs seized had a market value of about HK$117,000.
Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, drug trafficking carries a maximum penalty of HK$5 million and life imprisonment.
