On Saturday (25th), when a police speedboat was chasing a smuggling vessel off Sha Chau, it unexpectedly turned back. Several police officers fell into the sea and one policeman fell into the sea and disappeared.
On January 22 last year, when the Customs carried out an anti-smuggling patrol on the surface of the sandbar at Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun, the ship was suspected of being hit and capsized, causing 3 deaths and 2 injuries to customs officers.
According to the data, illegal elements are smuggling in Shazhou from time to time. Law enforcement officers such as marine police and customs have carried out anti-smuggling operations at the site, including smuggling speedboats driving away at high speed, and law enforcement officers need to chase.
Last year, three customs officers who were suspected of being hit and capsized during the anti-smuggling patrol on the sandbar of the maritime affairs department fell into the sea and died in the sea:
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The incident occurred on January 22 last year when a customs speedboat sank off the sandbar at Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun, and 5 people on board fell into the sea. Among them, 2 male and 1 female customs officer fell into a coma and were sent to hospital and died.
On that day, the three deceased had lost consciousness when they were rescued, and all three of them put on life jackets.
The incident resulted in the death of three customs officers who belonged to the Maritime Action Division of the Port and Maritime Division, including the 43-year-old female senior customs officer Wu Yongmin, the 39-year-old acting senior customs officer Li Zhiheng and the 26-year-old customs officer Huang Zhuobang.
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On the day of the incident, the customs vessel involved was a customs vessel with a port number of CE13. It was a shallow water patrol vessel and was made in China. It was pursuing the incident at the time of the incident.
After the accident, the entire ship was severely damaged and sank immediately.
According to sources, the three customs officers who died on the job were trapped in the "fighting room" after the accident, and were rescued by the fire frogman about 40 minutes later.
According to the information on the customs website, the tasks of shallow water patrol boats include the pursuit of smuggled speedboats and motorized sampans.
Saturday (September 25) Marine Police Sha Chau intercepted the smuggling vessel and the anti-boat officer fell into the sea and disappeared
The incident occurred at 9 o'clock in the morning today (25th). A suspicious speedboat haunted the western waters, suspected of smuggling goods, and the marine police launched a chase.
Off the sandbank, the speedboat of the marine police accidentally reversed the boat. Several police officers fell into the sea. The firefighter received the report and rushed to rescue. It was found that one of the marine policemen did not know what to do and the other three were injured. They are now conducting a search. The Government Flying Service is also conducting a search. Helicopters were dispatched to assist in the search, and rescuers dispatched drones to assist in the search.
It is reported that the missing marine police is a female police officer.
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