High-speed chase over Tsing Ma Bridge ends in crash, Hong Kong driver arrested on suspicion of possessing crystal meth and driving offences
- Three people arrested during police crackdown in New Territories on drink-driving
- Officers forced into pursuit after driver attempts a getaway
A Hong Kong driver was arrested for eight alleged offences on Saturday after a high-speed chase with police, who also found suspected drugs in his car.
Officers tried to stop the motorist near the entrance of the Cheung Tsing Tunnel during an early morning crackdown on drink-driving across the southern New Territories, but the driver sped off.
Police gave chase in a pursuit that crossed Tsing Ma Bridge before the car crashed into the barrier of a car park on Ma Wan Road.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for furious driving, driving under the influence of drugs, drug trafficking, possession of instrument fit for the smoking of dangerous drug, taking conveyance without authority, driving without a licence, driving without third party insurance and driving without a valid vehicle licence.
Police found a small amount of a substance suspected to be crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as Ice, in a bag in the car, along with what was thought to be drug-smoking equipment.
