Not long ago, some thugs were secretly planning a large-scale illegal collective activity. After receiving the relevant news, the Hong Kong police took immediate action, raided a house in Fanling, found a large "arsenal", and arrested a man and his mother. The police inferred that someone purchased a large number of weapons on foreign websites and resold them to "chaotic Hong Kong" elements through social media platforms.

Hong Kong police found a large "arsenal" during a surprise inspection

According to Hong Kong media reports, since the Hong Kong Police Serious Crime Unit had previously received news that someone was plotting an illegal riot, after careful investigation and analysis, in the early morning of September 24, the police raided a house in Fanling and found a large " arsenal".

During the search process, the police seized a large number of deterrent weapons, including 3 air guns, 1 hand-held pepper pinball gun, 2 sabers about 30 cm long, 15 gas masks, and 1 body armor. In addition, a man and his mother were also arrested at the scene.

According to Hong Kong law, the two arrested are suspected of three crimes, namely "possessing offensive weapons", "possessing firearms and ammunition without a license", and "purchasing strategic items without permission". Therefore, they may be subject to corresponding criminal penalties in the future.

Possessing a pepper pinball gun without permission

Some netizens said that the pepper pinball gun is a self-defense weapon, but this is not the case in Hong Kong. It is illegal to include the possession of the pepper pinball gun as a firearm. Hong Kong law makes it a serious crime to possess a firearm without a permit. If convicted, the maximum penalty is 14 years in prison and a fine of HK$100,000.

Liang Zhuoxi, the head of the first team of the police serious crime team, said that the police are investigating how the weapons seized at the scene were transported to Hong Kong. The preliminary judgment is that some of them have been sold, and the police are tracking the whereabouts of the sales. Because some pepper balls were also found at the scene, the police further speculated that the weapons were intended to be aimed at the police, which will also be part of the police investigation.

There are related sources that the reason why these weapons such as gas masks and pepper pinball guns appeared in Hong Kong may be because someone purchased these items on foreign websites. Afterwards, they used social media platforms to resell them to "chaotic Hong Kong" elements. Some Hong Kong media revealed that the American-made pepper ball pistol involved in this case was sold on many foreign websites, and the price was about 400 US dollars, and 6 pepper balls could be placed.