Hong Kong anti-triad police undercover operation foils knife attack plan
- Plain-clothes officers arrest two men in early morning operation outside shopping centre in Tseung Kwan O
- Knife and car seized as part of operations, while two detained suspects are being questioned by police
The force said officers from the organised crime and triad bureau, acting on intelligence, arrested two men on Chui Ling Road in Tseung Kwan O at about 7am.
“Police suspect the two men planned to harm someone,” the force said.
A video posted online showed one of the suspects pinned to the ground by plain-clothes officers and handcuffed outside a shopping centre on Chui Ling Road before being put in an unmarked police van.
The footage also showed at least 10 plain-clothes officers at the scene, with some seizing a knife.
Police said officers also impounded a car during the operation.
Hong Kong police arrest 27-year-old man after woman slashed in underpass
A source familiar with the case said one of the suspects was a 19-year-old man from the Philippines, the holder of a recognisance form – temporary immigration papers that allow people to remain in the city, but not work.
The other was an unemployed Pakistani man with a Hong Kong identity card.
The two men were in police custody for questioning on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said the investigation would continue and did not rule out more arrests.
Hong Kong McDonald’s worker arrested after allegedly attacking manager with knives
A worker at a McDonald’s fast food restaurant in Western district was arrested on suspicion of attacking his manager with two knives on June 18.
Another man, 27, was arrested on June 11 after his former supervisor, 43, was slashed with a meat cleaver in an underpass connected to Choi Hung MTR station on June 8.
Investigators said the woman, who suffered serious injuries, had earlier laid the man off.
Two officers opened fire on a Lexus car and arrested its driver on June 10 after a bungled escape attempt on Princess Margaret Road in Ho Man Tin that ended with a Mercedes-Benz and a police vehicle rammed.
Police seized 42 grams (1.49 ounces) of what is alleged to be cocaine, packaged in 80 bags, found in the car.
Two women were stabbed to death at Plaza Hollywood shopping centre in Diamond Hill on June 2. A man, 39, has been charged with the murders.
Police handled 151 reports of wounding across the city between January and March this year, up 8.6 per cent on the 139 cases logged in the same period in 2022.
