Fake Viagra, Cialis tablets among HK’s record HK$55-M seizure of controlled drugs
Anti-impotence drugs formed the bulk of a record HK$55 million haul of controlled pharmaceutical products seized in a customs crackdown on a transnational syndicate, which allegedly mailed the tablets to customers around the world from its operations centre in Hong Kong.
“The haul has an estimated market value of HK$55 million. It is the biggest-ever seizure of controlled pharmaceutical drugs in terms of value that Hong Kong customs has detected,” she said. “But we don’t rule out the possibility that the two accounts were also used to launder other crime proceeds,” Li said.
“The syndicate’s ringleader [who was not in Hong Kong] collected orders via overseas websites or apps and then instructed his Hong Kong members to send the pharmaceutical drugs to buyers worldwide,” the senior superintendent said. In a raid on the operations centre that day, customs officers arrested a 41-year-old woman from Hong Kong and confiscated about 1.4 million tablets.
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