- Two women and a man, who flew in from Brazil, were thought to have been recruited by same drug trafficking syndicate, according to customs
- As of Wednesday morning, suspects discharged 154 pellets of suspected cocaine weighing about 1.6kg in total
Three travellers who flew into Hong Kong from Brazil this week were found to have HK$1.3 million (US$165,727) worth of cocaine concealed in their bodies and were arrested, a customs official said on Wednesday.
The two women and a man, believed to have been recruited by the same drug trafficking syndicate, were intercepted during customs clearance at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday and Tuesday.
