4th Man Arrested in Heroin Scheme
A fourth suspect has been arrested in the United States in connection with heroin that was smuggled into the country from China inside the bodies of goldfish, authorities said.
Federal agents Friday arrested Andrew Kit Wong, 35, of San Francisco on charges of conspiracy. He allegedly helped three other suspects previously arrested in connection with the scheme. Wong is being held on $100,000 bail.
Wong is accused of alerting an alleged cohort in Hong Kong that the drug shipment had been seized by authorities in San Francisco on March 11. Three other Bay Area men, and nine others in Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong, have been arrested in connection with the heroin shipment. The powdered drug was found in condoms that had been stuffed into goldfish destined for a San Francisco tropical fish shop.
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