Category: Police
Police seize $5m in electronics contraband at Sham Wat
Police seized HK$5 million in electronics and timber goods after intercepting a smuggling operation at Sham Wat in northwest Lantau on Friday evening.
Police and customs officers spotted a speedboat with a man behaving suspiciously at the remote village, Apple Daily reports.
A van arrived at the dock and four men alighted and started transferring goods to the boat. Police moved in but the suspects escaped in the speedboat, leaving behind 18 boxes of material.
The boxes were found to contain approximately 2,110 mobile phones, 120 tablet PCs, 250 cameras and about 150 kg of timber material, believed to be rosewood.
The case has been forwarded to the Customs and Excise Department for further investigation.
Firefighters battle overnight to put out Sunny Bay hillfire
Firefighters took more than eight hours to extinguish a hillfire in Sunny Bay on Thursday evening.
The fire, which broke out at about 5:30pm, burned on a two-kilometre front along the North Lantau hills.
Firefighters had to bring their equipment up the hill from North Lantau Highway to fight the blaze.
By 2am the fire was contained to an area of just 100 sq metres.
The cause of the blaze is not known.
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Police arrest 12 in Tung Chung gambling raid
Police raided an illegal gambling den in Tung Chung and arrested 12 people yesterday, including an 83-year-old woman suspected of running the operation.
Police officers raided a village house in Ma Wan Chung at midday and seized 30 mah jong tables, including ten power-driven tables, and HK$1,600 in cash.
They arrested seven men and five women aged 53 to 83 on charges of gambling in a gambling establishment, Metro Radio News reports.
Among those arrested was an 83-year-old woman suspected of operating a gambling establishment.
Brawls break out in Tong Fuk prison over ‘illicit activities’
Two brawls broke out in Tong Fuk Correctional Institution earlier this month, causing injuries to an inmate and a prison guard.
The fights were connected to “illicit activities” in the medium security jail, the Correctional Services Department said.
The brawls, involving 13 prisoners and an unspecified number of staff, took place first in the laundry workshop and later in a dining hall on February 5.
Prison officers had received intelligence in late January about planned illegal activities and were on alert for the violence, the CSD said.
One prison officer suffered injuries to his shoulder and wrist and a prisoner sustained head and hand injuries in the brawls.
Both were transferred to hospital for further treatment.
Twelves prisoners involved in the brawls and suspected of involvement in illegal activity were separated and put under investigation.
The prison atmosphere was “stable” following the incidents, which had been reported to the police for further inquiry, CSD said.
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Text message sets off overnight emergency search on Tung Chung Bay
A Tung Chung woman set off an emergency search early this morning when she sent a text message saying she wanted to jump into the bay.
A male friend received the text at about 2am and notified police.
A search was begun near the Tung Chung New Ferry Pier involving police, Marine Police, Maritime Rescue and a fireboat, but found no trace of her in the freezing waters.
Rescuers feared she may already have taken her life, HK01 reported.
However, at 4am they learnt the woman had not jumped into the sea and was safe on land.
The case was marked as “a dispute.”
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Ukranian refugee arrested over Ham Tin break-in
A 21-year-old Ukranian has been arrested over a break-in in Ham Tin in October.
The man, who has sought asylum in Hong Kong, was arrested last week on Pui O Beach, where he had been in living in a tent.
Police say he smashed a window to break into a Ham Tin home between October 4-9 last year.
The house was unoccupied and no property was stolen, police said.
Police located the man with the help of local residents.
He has been charged with burglary and remanded in custody.
Shotgun cartridges likely ‘fell off a boat’
Police believe the shotgun cartridges found on Upper Cheung Sha beach most likely fell off a passing boat.
After initially finding 19 shells last weekend, a search by police and LCSD cleaning staff located another eight.
A police spokesman said the recovered unused shells were increasingly rusty – a sign they had been in the water for some time.
The unused shells, made by Italian firm RC Cartridges, have undergone forensic analysis but police have have been unable to determine their source.
“They probably fell off a boat, accidentally or otherwise,” the spokesman said.
At least four more dead in latest Tung Chung dog poisonings
Four dogs have died and another is missing in another case of poisoning in Tung Chung.
More than 20 sparrows died from ingesting poison in Ma Wan Chung village.
A 69-year-old indigenous villager, Wong, found one of his dogs choking when he went to feed them early Friday evening, Apple Daily reports.
When he went to search for his other dogs he found a number of dead sparrows and suspected they poisoned bait had been laid.
He found three of his dogs had died while the other is still missing.
SPCA officials and more than 20 police officers went to the scene Saturday morning and found three dead dogs in separate locations and around 15 dead sparrows.
Five sparrows were sent to the Kadoorie Farm for treatment but later died.
Police appealed to the villagers for information about the poison or anyone who may have left out poisoned bait.
FEHD workers cleaned the road and footpath with high-pressure water cannons.
In November 11 dogs died of poisoning in separate incidents in Tung Chung and San Tau village. No arrests have been made over those deaths.
Police urge those with any information about the case to call on 3661 1931.
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Anti-triad squad investigating Mui Wo car attack
Four men have been charged with criminal damage over an attack on a private car in Mui Wo on Sunday evening.
Anti-triad squad detectives are investigating the incident on Ngan Kwon Wan Road in which a group of men with clubs smashed a car belonging to a 28-year-old man named Yip.
Police later arrested two men, both named Chan, aged 23 and 28, at nearby Ngan Wan Estate. Another two, both aged 20, named Yau and Chan, were arrested at Tung Chung.
Police are still seeking a fifth man, Headline Daily reports.
The case has been put in the hands of the New Territories South Organised Crime and Anti-Triad Bureau.
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Hiker finds body on Shek Pik trail
Police say a body found near Ngong Ping is that of a 60-year-old man reported missing.
The body was found by a hiker on the Shek Pik Country Trail at 11am yesterday, Apple Daily reports.
The missing man, surnamed Wong, is believed to have suffered a heart attack.
There are no suspicious circumstances.
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