The Court of First Instance has sent three men, aged 30 to 44, to jail for up to 25 years for trafficking in dangerous drugs today.

Hong Kong Police began working with the Australian Federal Police in March 2008. Acting as a potential buyer, an Australian undercover officer met with a 44-year-old man in Hong Kong to discuss trafficking in methamphetamine -known commonly as 'Ice' - in Australia. The man was suspected to be the head of a cross-regional drug-trafficking syndicate.

On April 12, Police officers seized 11 boxes of Ice packed as cosmetic products in a Hung Hom hotel room and arrested two men, aged 30 and 32, nearby. The 2 kilograms of drugs were worth about $1.13 million.

The syndicate head snuck into the Mainland. He was arrested in Dongguan on April 29 and handed over to the Hong Kong Police.