National security law: police arrest couple, seize pistol and 92 bullets during raid on northern Hong Kong flat

National security police seized a handgun, 92 rounds of ammunition and three empty magazines while arresting a married couple during a raid on their home in northern Hong Kong on Friday.

Officers also found respirators, a knuckle duster, a folding knife and walkie-talkies in the flat in Pat Heung in the New Territories, according to Senior Superintendent Steve Li Kwai-wah.

“An initial examination by our firearms experts indicated the gun was in good condition and serviceable,” Li said.

Police were investigating where the pistol and ammunition came from and what their intended use might have been, he said, while the respirators were strategic commodities that required a licence to import.