Asian drug cartel ‘enormous’
Tim Clarke, Legal Affairs Editor
Friday, February 17, 2017 8:25AM
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The Asian mafia drug syndicate behind the importation of 360kg of meth into WA is more sophisticated and expert than the State has ever seen, a court was told yesterday.
Yik To Ng, 21, was one of the trusted guardians of the massive amount of ice and more than a million dollars in cash when police raided the house in Canning Vale in 2015 and made the biggest drug bust in WA’s history.
Ng pleaded guilty six days into his trial last week after his partner in crime Pak Cheong Cheung described how they were recruited by criminal gangs in Hong Kong and brought separately to Australia to be the eyes and ears for the syndicate in Perth.
In a sentencing hearing in the District Court yesterday, it was revealed how Ng was led blindfolded to a fishing boat after being recruited in a Kowloon pool hall before being shipped to WA for 10 days before being dropped on a beach near South Hedland.
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/asian...-ng-b88389674z