A Pokemon store found to be a front for $1.3 million narcotics ring
A Pokemon store in Hong Kong has been raided for a narcotics ring worth over $1.3 million.
26th Aug 2024 16:58
Image via Nintendo | Netflix
A Pokemon store found to be a front for $1.3 million narcotics ring
A Pokemon store in Hong Kong has been raided for a narcotics ring worth over $1.3 million.
26th Aug 2024 16:58
Image via Nintendo | Netflix
Pokemon come in all shapes and sizes and a handful of the hundreds of small characters fall under the psychic category appearing more dazed than the rest.
But it looks like some people have taken these trippy Poke's a little bit too literally, turning a store into their own version of Crystal and White.
Reports are claiming that one Pokemon store has become front and centre in a narcotics ring worth over $1million.
Hong Kong Pokemon store involved in major drug bust
According to a report from the South China Morning Post, a Pokemon shop in Hong Kong has been busted for being the centre of a narcotics ring, uncovering $1.3 million worth of drugs.
The store, thought to be primarily used for card trading and selling merchandise, first aroused suspicions when a 28-year-old man left a nearby warehouse with five kilograms of crystal meth, reads the report.
Local police raided the store where a further 16 kilos were found, totalling up to 21kg, worth $1.3 million USD.
In a public statement, Liong Chun-Hin, the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau Inspector said, "Storing such a large quantity of narcotics in a place where teenagers and children can visit is irresponsible and disgraceful behaviour that also heightens the possible risk of teenagers and children mistakenly encountering illegal drugs".
It is thought that the Pokemon shop was a front for drug trafficking, which happened in the back, and no drugs were sold to Pokemon customers, young or old.
The South China Morning Post claim that the facility was operating for around a month, and the suspect is set to charged with drug trafficking at the Kowloon City Court on Wednesday, where the maximum sentence would be life behind bars.
No Pokemon were reportedly harmed in the raid. Probably. Although someone best check on Alakazam, I always thought those spoons were dodgy.
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