Hong Kong police arrest second man for setting off illegal fireworks over Lunar New Year holiday period
- Police arrest man, 43, in Kowloon Tong following investigation into fireworks display on Flint Road at about 10.30pm last Wednesday
- Illegal possession or discharge of fireworks and firecrackers carries maximum penalty of six months in jail and HK$25,000 fine
Hong Kong police have made another arrest for the illegal discharge of fireworks over the Lunar New Year holiday, during which pyrotechnics were set off in daily displays across the city.
The force on Monday said officers had arrested a 43-year-old man at his home in Kowloon Tong the previous day following an investigation into a fireworks display in the district at about 10.30pm last Wednesday, the second day of Lunar New Year.
When officers arrived at the scene on Flint Road that night, they found launching tubes left behind.
Police said they believed the man was among a group of three who set off the pyrotechnics display, which lasted for about a minute. The trio then left in a car.
Inspector Wong Chiu-ting, head of Kowloon City district crime squad one, said on Monday the investigation was ongoing and the man had been held for questioning.