At the beginning of the new year, an illegal racing car was staged on Fanling Highway last Sunday (2nd) in the early morning. Many super sports cars, including Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren, were driving at high speed near Kangyuan in the direction of Tai Po. A car was photographed by CAM. The supercar slid left and right in the car group, and the situation was dangerous. Netizens called it the "Grand Prix New Year's Cup".
After investigation based on online clips, the police identified a total of 17 sports cars involved in the case, and arrested 10 men and women in the past two days, including doctors, architects and businessmen, and seized 9 of them.
The operation continues and police do not rule out more arrests at a later date.
The arrested persons were 9 men and 1 woman (aged between 30 and 60) on suspicion of "illegal racing" and "assisting and abetting others to illegally race", including the owners and drivers, most of them reported to be businessmen, one of them The arrested 44-year-old man surnamed Huo is a doctor; and the two arrested for "assisting and abetting others to illegally race" include a 43-year-old woman surnamed Deng and a 55-year-old man surnamed Zheng.
The police said that the speed of the vehicle involved is the direction of the investigation, and they will check more CCTV footage to determine the route of the illegal racing car and investigate whether the illegal racing activity involved in the case involves gambling.
Ng Wing-shi, Superintendent of Traffic Accident Investigation and Support Team of the New Territories North Region, told the case at a press conference this afternoon. He pointed out that the police noticed a video on the Internet recently. The sports car ignored other normal vehicles on the Fanling Highway at that time, drove at a high speed in the direction of Tai Po at a location near Hong Leyuan, and weaved left and right among the vehicles.
The police attaches great importance to the case. After in-depth investigation, it was found that in addition to the eight sports cars, a total of 17 sports cars were involved in the case, and they were driving towards the New Territories via the Lion Rock Tunnel.
In the past two days, the police took enforcement action and arrested nine men and one woman.
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Chief Inspector Tsui Ka-ying of the Second Team of the New Territories North Regional Crime Squad said that since the operation, the police have seized 9 supercars and seized the dash cam and the mobile phone of the arrested person for further investigation.
She emphasized that the police have always been concerned about the crime of illegal racing, especially in the early morning or late night on weekends, when many car enthusiasts formed a party to "hack the express car", and some people even uploaded clips of them crashing the express car to social media to share with others , to fuel these bad ethos.
In view of this, the New Territories North Regional Traffic Division and the Criminal Division established an anti-illegal racing team earlier this year, mainly to enforce the law against illegal racing hotspots in the New Territories North area, including Tolo Harbour, Bride's Pool and Tsuen Kam Road.
The special team will also regularly conduct online patrols on social media, websites and some platforms of car sharing Cam, take the initiative to enforce the law, and focus on cracking down on the planners and participants of illegal racing.
Xu continued to say that taking this case as an example, the police noticed that there were pictures of passing vehicles on the Internet, and immediately checked the CCTV of the main roads and tunnels in the New Territories. Regarding the car owners and drivers, the police will continue to pursue the other drivers involved in the case with all their strength, and will also draw out those who organized illegal racing behind the scenes. It is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
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