This photo taken from the official Twitter page of Hong Kong Police Force on Dec 26, 2021 shows bags of smuggled ketamine seized by the police. The seizure was the largest of its kind by the Hong Kong police on record.

HONG KONG - Hong Kong police said on Saturday that they have seized about 1.27 tons of ketamine, the largest seizure of the drug on record.

Four suspects — three locals and one Indian man, aged between 32 and 47 — were caught red-handed Friday by marine police and officers from the Special Duties Unit in Lei Yue Mun

Four suspects — three locals and one Indian man, aged between 32 and 47 — were caught red-handed Friday by marine police and officers from the Special Duties Unit in Lei Yue Mun.

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The police seized 48 bags of ketamine with a street value of HK$840 million, and the amount exceeded the total seizure of the drug in the first 11 months of this year.

Two of the suspects will be charged with trafficking dangerous drugs.

Hong Kong police said they will continue investigating the case and will not rule out more arrests.  

Drug trafficking is a grave crime — anyone found guilty of the offense will be liable to maximum penalties of life imprisonment and a HK$5 million fine, police added.

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With Xinhua inputs