Recently, some rioters in Hong Kong are just around the corner. More rioters have been actively searching and purchasing a large number of weapons recently, conspiring to launch a large-scale illegal assembly.

According to a report from Hong Kong Takung.com on the 25th, the Hong Kong Police Serious Crime Team raided a house in Fanling in the early morning of the 24th, and seized an "arsenal". A man and his mother were arrested on the spot. It was initially believed that someone ordered the weapons from a foreign website to come to Hong Kong and then resold them to criminals.

Police display seized weapons, etc. (Eastnet)

In addition, there have been people conspiring to launch riots in many districts on the Internet recently. The Hong Kong police are taking this seriously and actively collecting relevant information. The New Territories North Police District Serious Crime Squad received a tip earlier. After in-depth investigation and analysis, they carried blasting tools and took action in the early morning of the 24th to raid Wah Ming Road Residence in Fanling. A unit in Yan Yiu House, Yan Shing Court. After the agent successfully entered the house, he smashed an "arsenal".

During the operation, the police seized a large number of weapons in the house, including a pistol-shaped pepper pinball gun, a telescopic stick, two sabers about 30 cm long, three air guns, a bulletproof vest and 15 gas masks. A boy surnamed Lu and his mother surnamed Cai were arrested on the spot. The two were suspected of three counts of "unlicensed possession of firearms and ammunition", "unauthorized import of strategic items" and "possession of offensive weapons".

Senior Inspector Leung Cheuk-hee, head of the first team of the New Territories North Major Crime Squad, said that they are investigating how the seized items were imported into Hong Kong. It is initially believed that some of them have been sold. The whereabouts of the sales are being traced. An investigation into whether the weapons were aimed at police.

It is reported that some people came to Hong Kong through foreign websites, ordered pepperball guns, gas masks and other items, and then sold the items to the so-called "brothers" through social media for their use during the riots, and the US-made TCP PepperBall pepper ball pistol involved in the case. , Hong Kong media also found that many foreign websites are selling it, the price is about 400 US dollars, and the magazine can hold six pepper balls.

According to the website, this is a self-defense weapon, but possession of pepper pinball guns in Hong Kong is classified as a firearm, and it is illegal for the public to buy, sell, possess and use. According to Hong Kong law, the possession of firearms without a license is a serious crime. Once convicted, the maximum penalty is imprisonment for 14 years and a fine of HK$100,000.