The Hong Kong Police announced on the 24th that a 55-year-old man was arrested in Yuen Long District on the 23rd for suspected possession of prohibited weapons, possession of unlicensed possession of firearms and possession of offensive weapons. To buy related weapons. During the operation, the police seized 562 weapons.
The Chief Criminal Inspector of the Border Police District, Xu Jiaying, briefed the case when meeting with the media. According to intelligence, the police found that someone recently sold suspected prohibited weapons on an online trading platform. The Border Police District conducted an in-depth investigation and locked a local man, suspecting that he was involved in the case.
On the morning of the 23rd, the police arrived in a village house in Yuen Long suspected of being used for storing prohibited weapons. At about 9 a.m., the detective stepped forward while the male cargo owner left the unit. The police then searched the man’s village house and seized 562 weapons in the unit, including 115 items that are prohibited by law such as iron lotus, butterfly knives, telescopic sticks, nunchakus, and 5 more With a lethal crossbow, the police also seized more than 400 unsealed swords and high-intensity laser pens of different lengths and styles.
Xu Jiaying said that the police believe that the sources of these weapons come from different countries, and the estimated market value is about 300,000 Hong Kong dollars.
During the operation, the police arrested the 55-year-old local man. He is suspected of possession of prohibited weapons, possession of firearms without a license and possession of offensive weapons, and is being detained by the police for investigation. Xu Jiaying said that there is no evidence at this stage that the weapons that have been sold have been used in recent demonstrations or conflicts, but the police will continue to investigate from this direction to track down the background of all buyers and the motivation for buying weapons of mass destruction.
Xu Jiaying emphasized that if these weapons of mass destruction flow into the market, they will cause a great degree of threat to the community. The police also urge the public not to try the law by themselves. (Headquarters reporter Zhou Weiqi Jin Dong)