The Hong Kong Police arrested a 53-year-old man for dangerous drug trafficking following the seizure of more than five kilograms of suspected heroin Thursday morning.

Acting on information, the Police laid an ambush at a building around midnight.

Shortly after 12:30 a.m., a man left a unit in the building and the Police stopped him. They found a small amount of suspected heroin on him.

Police then searched a flat and found 11 packets of suspected heroin.

The haul, totaling 5.5 kilograms, would be worth about 2.3 million HK dollars if sold in the local retail market.

(Xinhua News Agency September 5, 2003)