Wo Shing Wo

30 Mar 2013

A police agent went undercover as a gangster for nine months to help bust two factions of the Wo Shing Wo triad and arrest 63 people, police said.

The arrests included 16 secondary school...

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113 held in biggest-ever crackdown on triad drug gangs

23 Nov 2012

Ireland's police force said officers arrested 113 suspected drug dealers and seized five marijuana growing facilities in the nation's biggest crackdown on triad drug-trafficking gangs, including...

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124 arrested in raids on triads after street battle

30 Mar 2012

Police cracking down on triads have made more than 120 arrests in a series of raids in Sheung Shui and Yuen Long over the past two days.

More arrests are expected as police continue...

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Forget blood, it's all about the money

19 Jan 2012

'If a rooster is dead, another one will arise and crow,' they like to say in triad circles - and especially so since the brazen murder two years ago of gang leader Lee Tai-lung.

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Red paint splashed over iPad tourists after a queueing row outside shop

10 May 2011

Two mainland tourists were splashed with red paint after a row over their place in a queue to buy the latest Apple iPad 2 outside a Sheung Shui electronics shop yesterday.

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65 arrested in raids on triads

16 Mar 2011

A total of 65 people have been arrested in an operation targeting three triads in the northern New Territories. Police seized 34 beef knives and metal and wooden bars, as well as illegal drugs,...

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Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Officer lifts lid on workings of the underworld

In the shadows of Hong Kong's underworld, the relationship between police and triads - the violent gangs that hold sway over wide swathes of the city and often do battle for each other's territory...

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Masked men attack pub in Fanling

Four or five masked men armed with wooden batons rushed into a pub in Fanling yesterday and smashed furniture and decorations. A police investigator believed the attack was the result of a...

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10 suspected triad members held over blast

Police arrested 10 suspected members of the Wo Shing Wo triad yesterday in connection with the explosion of a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder at the front door of a businessman's house in Luk Mei...

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Police break up standoff between rival gangs

Police arrested 21 suspected triad members and a woman following a standoff between two rival gangs outside a restaurant in Yau Ma Tei.

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66 arrested as raids on triad nightspots continue

Police arrested 66 people in a second night of raids on more than 110 entertainment venues, most believed to be controlled by two rival triad gangs.

11:13PM

Triad venues raided after shoot-out

More than 100 police last night mounted a second consecutive night of raids on entertainment premises allegedly controlled by rival triads as the hunt continued for two gunmen involved in the...

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