Hong Kong border authorities have reported the largest ever seizure of methamphetamine with a shipment of 1.8 tons of the liquid drug concealed as coconut water and which could have fetched a price of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 128 million euros).
The drug was in a shipment of coconut water originating in Mexico and destined for Australia. It was seized in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, according to Hong Kong public television RTHK.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Customs Office, Fong Heung Wing, explained that the secret services obtained the information about the shipment after noting that it was unusual for a shipment of coconut water to have departed from Mexico.
The shipment was inspected last Sunday and was found to be liquid methamphetamine. No arrests have been made so far, but it is believed that international criminal organizations are involved and international efforts are underway.
