Customs officers have seized a stash of weapons and suspected fake items worth HK$2.7 million bound for India from a vessel entering Hong Kong from the mainland.
A department spokesman said that officers seized 1,000 pepper sprays, 50 stun guns, 400 knuckle-dusters and 250 extendible batons from a cargo container on Saturday, on a vessel coming to the city from Guangzhou.
Also seized inside the container were 60,000 allegedly counterfeit items including clothes, jewellery, and personal skincare products.
"According to the initial investigation, the container arrived in Hong Kong from the mainland on January 2 and was ready to be transported to India," a spokesman said.
The investigation is still ongoing and no arrests have been made. The spokesman did not say where the vessel docked.
"The Customs and Excise Department will continue to fulfil its international obligation and actively check on prohibited items in order to beef up its effort to crack down on international smuggling activities."