Man arrested as Hong Kong customs seizes HK$42 million worth of ‘space oil’

Hong Kong customs has arrested a man and seized HK$42 million (US$5.3 million) worth of the illegal narcotic “space oil” from a drug workshop fitted with a semi-automated production line capable of producing up to 160,000 cartridges in a short period.Senior investigator Chan Kit-lun of the Customs and Excise Department’s drug investigation bureau said officers intercepted a suspicious man on Tuesday and escorted him to a property in Kam Tin, Yuen Long.Inside, they found more than 3,000 suspected cartridges containing etomidate, formerly known as space oil, about 13.4kg (29.5lbs) of liquid etomidate, 3kg of etomidate powder, and a range of drug-manufacturing and packaging equipment.