The police uncovered a firearms case in Cheung Sha Wan, and arrested two men and women.
At about 9 o'clock tonight, the anti-triad action team of the Hong Kong Island Region intercepted a man near Tian Yue Plaza in Cheung Sha Wan and seized a small amount of ketamine, commonly known as "K-boy". He was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.
The police then escorted him back to his subdivided housing unit in the district to search for the house, and then arrested his girlfriend, and seized drugs with a total market value of about 3.6 million yuan. Bullets and an iron lotus-shaped electric shock device. Police will conduct further tests on the firearms and bullets to determine their performance.
The source said that the arrested 27-year-old local man and a woman of the same age were boyfriend and girlfriend. Both of them reported that they were unemployed and had no gangland background.
A scorpion-type submachine gun seized by the police in the case is a Czech Vz.61 model, which looks like a real gun.
Some people claimed that the firearms involved were placed in the subdivided housing unit through his subordinates by the drug consignor, who only assisted in the shipment of the drugs.
Police will later test the gun to determine whether it has the function and power of firing.
Police operations continue, with the sources and uses of guns and bullets being the focus of the investigation.
The police said that the arrested man surnamed Yang (30 years old) and the woman surnamed Cai (27 years old) were arrested on suspicion of "drug trafficking", "unlicensed possession of firearms and ammunition" and "possession of offensive weapons". Detained for investigation.
Police seized a scorpion submachine gun, a Czech Vz.61 model.
Hong Kong Island Region Anti-Triad Action Team Chief Inspector Ho Yan-kit stated that the police arrested a man in Sham Shui Po District and seized 1.5 kilograms of suspected "K-boy" ketamine on him at the scene; he was later taken back to live with his girlfriend 3.7 kilograms of suspected "K-boy" ketamine, 350 grams of suspected crack cocaine and 1.2 kilograms of suspected "Happy powder" were seized from the sub-leasing unit, with a market value of about 3.6 million yuan.
It is understood that the arrested men and women are reported to be unemployed, and the police are investigating whether they have a gang background.
The police also seized a Czech Vz.61 submachine gun, 50 rounds of ammunition, a silencer and an iron lotus-shaped electric shock. As for whether the gun has the ability to fire and whether it has been used, it must be verified by the Ordnance Forensics Division.