Hong Kong police bust largest indoor cannabis farm in decade
published : 2 Jun 2021 at 18:45
writer: South China Morning Post
HONG KONG: Police have raided the largest indoor marijuana farm found in Hong Kong in a decade, seizing HK$45 million (180 million baht) [around US$5.8M] worth of cannabis and arresting three men.

Two of the suspects entered the city illegally from mainland China and had been hired to grow the drug in the 5,000 square feet farm in the New Territories, according to a source.

“Initial investigation shows the two mainland men came to the city from Zhuhai by a speedboat about a month ago and were paid more than HK$10,000 to work as farmers in the indoor cannabis farm,” the source said on Wednesday.

He said the two men, both 52, lived on-site and were not allowed to leave to avoid their activities being detected.

The third suspect, a 49-year-old Hong Konger, was believed to have been in charge of the farm, according to the insider.

“This man brought food to the two mainlanders every day,” he said.

Law enforcers believed all the suspects were recruited by a local drug-trafficking syndicate to run the factory.

The arrests were made on Tuesday afternoon when officers raided the premises following a weeks-long investigation.

Superintendent Alan Chung, of the Kowloon West crime unit, said the tin-sheet structure used for growing cannabis was located in a far-flung, sparsely populated area on Kam Shui South Road in Pat Heung.

“Inside the structure, there were six large tents used to house different growing stages of cannabis plants,” he said.

More than 600 marijuana plants were confiscated from the site, along with two kilogrammes of products ready for sale, plant-growing equipment and packing devices such as a vacuum sealer. Police said the haul had an estimated street value of about HK$45 million.
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