Hong Kong police arrest three men, seize more than HK$33 million of cocaine in predawn raid


HONG KONG, Oct 18 (SCMP): Hong Kong police have arrested three men and seized more than HK$33 million (US$4.3 million) worth of cocaine believed to be destined for the city’s bars and nightclubs.

The trio, an Israeli merchant, 45, a British man, 25, and a Canadian, 31, were detained at a flat in Cornell Centre on Wing Tai Road in Chai Wan, at about 2am on Thursday.

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