Police arrested two men for trafficking in dangerous drugs after the seizure of 40,000 tablets of Ecstasy in Sham Shui Po.  

Narcotics Bureau officers had identified the pair as key members of a psychotropic drugs trafficking syndicate.  

At about 4.10pm today, the officers stopped the two, both aged 22, as they were about to enter a private car inside a a shopping mall carpark in Yau Yat Chuen.  

Police found four gift-wrapped plastic bags inside one of the men's rucksacks, containing a total of 40,000 Ecstasy tablets.  

The haul, which is believed to have been smuggled from Europe for local consumption, could fetch about $3.2 million in the retail market.  

The two men were detained for questioning. The Narcotics Bureau is investigating.