Hong Kong police say pistol among weapons seized ahead of protest

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Sunday (Dec 8) said they conducted raids ahead of a major rally and found weapons including a pistol and ...

Hours before the march was due to start, police displayed weapons they said had been found during overnight raids at eleven locations.The display included a Glock semi-automatic pistol with 105 rounds, a samurai sword, nine extendable batons, bottles of pepper spray and knives."We believe the group planned to use the weapons to incite chaos during the march later today and impugn the police," senior superintendent Lee Kwai-Wa, from the city's organised crime bureau, told reporters.

Lee said the raids were part of an intelligence-led operation tracking a group of protesters who threw petrol bombs at a police station in the district of Mongkok on Oct 20.

 

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