Police stop suspicious taxi in Mong Kok, drugs found in male passenger's backpack leading to arrest

Officers from the Regional Traffic Unit of Kowloon West Region stopped a suspicious taxi on Wash Street near Argyle Street in Mong Kok at about 1pm this afternoon. After searching a male passenger's backpack, suspected drugs were seized, including more than 80 etomidate cigarette cartridges, cocaine, ice and ketamine. The male passenger was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drug trafficking. The quantity and value of the drugs are still to be counted.