Hong Kong customs racking up record drug busts as global trafficking syndicates switch tactics during pandemic


Hong Kong customs Divisional Commander Philip Chan Siu-kau was asleep when his phone rang at 3am one night last month.

A light sleeper after 11 years with the customs department’s drug investigation bureau, he answered the call, knowing that critical information could arrive at any time from his counterparts worldwide.

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