Security chiefs from Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong have agreed to strengthen co-operation to combat cross-border crime because they expect closer economic ties will have an impact on law and order.
The agreement was reached at a meeting in Foshan yesterday as the chiefs of the three crime investigation departments reviewed the result of their joint anti-triad operation, codenamed Operation Twilight, over the past week.
Officers from the three forces arrested 8,605 people - 7,490 in Guangdong, 1,041 in Hong Kong and 74 in Macau.
Among those arrested in Guangdong, 41 are Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan residents, including 12 suspected triad members and eight fugitives.
Mainland officers also seized 273 guns, while Hong Kong police netted 32 weapons and Macau police seized four Remington shotguns, more than 1,000 rounds of bullets and four homemade bombs.
Head of Guangdong Public Security Bureau's crime investigation department, Liu Ancheng, said police believed the surge in cross-border traffic and closer economic ties would have an impact on the crime situation and there was a need to step up the exchange of intelligence and co-operation.
