Hong Kong air cargo drug seizures jump 165 per cent in first five months as Covid-19 restrictions prevent couriers from flying into city

Nearly HK$320 million (US$41 million) worth of illegal drugs has been seized from air cargo mailed into and out of Hong Kong so far this year, as coronavirus travel restrictions have forced drug dealers to use airborne shipments rather than human couriers, law enforcement sources said.Figures obtained by the Post showed that 1.19 tonnes of illicit narcotics was confiscated from 259 shipments intercepted by customs officers at the airport’s cargo terminal in the first five months of the year, up…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3087621/air-cargo-drug-seizures-jump-165-cent-first-five