Police arrested a 34-year-old man and seized five air rifles, five air pistols and some parts used for air guns in a raid of his home in Tak King House on Tak Tin Estate, Lam Tin, yesterday. Officers acted after a primary school in On Tin Street complained a member of its staff was hit by plastic pellets at about 11am. No one was injured in the incident. Police said a ballistic examination would be carried out on the seized air guns to see whether the items had been illegally modified.
An industrial unit in Kwai Chung that was suspected of manufacturing pornographic video discs was raided and six men were arrested. Acting on intelligence, police entered the unit in So Tao Centre at noon and arrested one Hongkonger and five mainland visitors. Officers seized about 31,000 pornographic discs worth about HK$1 million. Last night, the suspects, aged between 22 and 63, were being held for questioning and no one had been charged.
A 35-year-old man is being sought by police after a woman, 19, claimed she was raped in a love hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. The man had left by the time officers were called to the Kimberley Road hotel at about 12.45am.