
Hong Kong Police Arrest Five Men in Raids on Pharmacies, Seize Unregistered Weight-Loss Drugs
Hong Kong authorities have arrested five men across two operations at registered pharmacies in Sha Tin and Jordan, seizing over 400 clonazepam tablets, 2,700 zolpidem tablets, and six boxes of unregistered slimming injections. The Department of Health announced increased enforcement against illegal sales of anti-obesity medicines classified as Part 1 poisons, citing growing demand driven by nearly half of residents being overweight or obese.