During an anti-smuggling operation off Sha Chau yesterday, Da Fei maliciously rammed the right stern, causing it to overturn and sink. Female Senior Inspector Lin Wanyi fell into the sea and disappeared.
Entering the second day, the Marine Police, Fire Services Department and the Government Flying Service arrived at the scene to search and rescue the Lung Kwu Tan area today (26th), including dispatching frogmen and using aerial cameras.
The marine police speedboat that once drifted into inland waters is now inspected at the Stonecutters Island Government Dockyard.
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It is understood that two helicopters from the Government Flying Service participated in the search this morning. One was searched and rescued on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge towards Tai O, and the other was hovering around Sha Chau.
The police stated that yesterday (25th) morning, a police speedboat overturned while performing duties in the waters of Shazhou and four people on board fell into the sea.
The marine police quickly arrived at the scene to support and rescue three of them, but the female senior inspector who was accompanying her was nowhere to be found.
The three rescued police officers were sober and sent to Tuen Mun Hospital for treatment in stable conditions.
The police paid close attention to the incident and immediately conducted a large-scale joint search and rescue operation with the Marine Department, the Fire Services Department and the Flying Service.
As the incident was close to inland waters, the police also activated the Guangdong Maritime Rescue Coordination Mechanism in the Mainland, and the Mainland Coast Guard and Nanshan Maritime Safety Administration dispatched vessels to search and rescue the inland waters.
At present, search and rescue work in the two places continues.
The police expressed their condolences to the families of the delinquent and injured and will provide them with the necessary support.
The police also thanked all relevant departments for their assistance and will continue to conduct joint search and rescue operations with all their strength, hoping to retrieve the missing persons as soon as possible.
It is understood that two helicopters from the Government Flying Service participated in the search this morning. One was searched and rescued on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge towards Tai O, and the other was hovering around Sha Chau.
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On Saturday (25th) a four-person team was patrolling off Shazhou and found that a speedboat was suspected of smuggling frozen meat, so it stopped and searched, but the other party escaped at high speed and the police speedboat followed and pursued it. At that time, there were a lot of moorings on the sea. The ships, the two sides then interspersed and chased between the ships.
After that, the police speedboat was hit by a smuggling big fly and hit the right stern. The impact force caused the entire speedboat to overturn and all four policemen on board fell into the sea.
Two of the marine police swam out of the water on their own, but Lin Wanyi and another colleague were trapped under the speedboat.
At that time, there was another marine police support boat nearby. Upon seeing this, the marine police immediately jumped into the sea and dived under the boat to rescue one of them. However, the water at the scene was turbulent and turbid. Female senior inspector Lin Wanyi was suspected of being tossed away by the current. Found.
The three police officers who were injured were a foreign senior inspector with bruises on his left chest, left back and left hip; a sergeant with a neck sprain, a bruise on his right arm and bruises on his right knee; and a police officer on his left Bruise on back and right hip.
They are currently staying in Tuen Mun Hospital.
▼▼Marine police boat anti-boat 1 missing and 3 injured▼▼
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