The Hong Kong Police seized the "Ghost Gun" for the first time

After the Hong Kong National Security Law came into effect, the "frying" black storms and the random port organization collapsed, but the black storm was still waiting for the opportunity. After the Hong Kong police seized more than 10 kilograms of explosives and delay device in the Red Capital mini warehouse last week, it also cracked the military fire warehouse involving the black storm latent on the 4th. Essence

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Army fire in the stairwell

Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily" reported on the 7th that the four men and women involved in the case were Zhu, 30 years old. It is reported that the decoration work and his 36 -year -old girlfriend Li Mou were engaged in the catering industry; the other two arrested men, including 25 years old, Liu, who is engaged in information technology, and 33 -year -old Chen, is reportedly reported to be a taxi driver.

Hong Kong has organized crimes and the three -in -law investigation department (commonly known as "O Jian") police supervisor Wu Zhongwei revealed that at 8:15 pm on September 4, the police received a report from the resident, saying that in the first stairs of the first stairs of the villager Yilou, Chaiwan, Between discovery of ammunition. The Hong Kong Island General Zone's charge team was present to seize a black plastic bag with a total of 138 boxes of 9mm bullets in it. After investigation, the police arrested Zhu and Li in the building, and found 3 magazines in their residence in the building, multiple pieces of pistol parts suspected of using 3D printing mechanisms, one 3D printer, two computers, and one Zhang USB storage card contains drawings for making firearms parts.

Due to the serious case, and for the first time, 3D printing firearms were discovered in Hong Kong, and the case was taken over on the morning of the 5th. After the investigation, some people have provided buyers involved in the case. In order to avoid being tracked by the police, the two sides adopted the arms by no contact. As a result, the police put the bullet in the designated position and ambushed it. When Liu appeared in the staircase to extract the bullet, he arrested him on the spot. After that, the police discovered 5 sets of firearms components, 9 -round 9mm caliber bullets, 4 military knife and 3 poison -proof masks, and 3 off -the -poison -proof masks. At the same time, Chen was arrested Chen.

Among the four arrested people, Zhu was suspected of hiding firearms or ammunition for unlicensed, and the remaining three were suspected of unlicensed firearms or ammunition, conspiracy unlicensed firearms or ammunition and offensive weapons, and will be dropped afterwards. Inspection control. Police preliminary believe that because Hong Kong fully blocked overseas mail -order gun components, the criminals had a high risk, so Zhu, who was looking for this case, cooperated with guns to buy bombs. Police said that someone would not rule out providing technical support and 3D printing procedures to Zhu while extracting bullets at the same time. O to check the source of the bullets and whether there are other buyers, do not rule out that more people are arrested. It is worth noting that Liu, who was arrested by the police, appeared in black in the illegal assembly site in the 2019 "repair storm" riots. Although he was arrested by the police at the time, he was not prosecuted.

Sin with ordinary firearms

Wu Zhongwei said that although it is a 3D printed firearm component, it will also be regarded as firearms in the definition of law, and illegally hiding such components will violate relevant laws. Once convicted, it can be sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The continuous development of 3D printing technology has greatly reduced the difficulty of gun making strictly controlling firearms, which constitutes a new risk for social security. As long as you have a computer and a 3D printer, you can easily have a gun at home without supervision, no age restrictions, and the gun body without engraving the serial number. Therefore, this gun is also known as a "ghost gun".

In many countries and regions around the world, there are strict legal supervision of "ghost guns". Hong Kong media said that in recent years, more and more 3D printed gun attacks have occurred in Britain, Germany and other places. Statistics show that 42%of the world's 3D printed gun -related arrest cases occurred in 2022, about 31%of the cases occurred in 2021. 12%of the case occurred in 2020. 3D printing guns have attracted the attention of global law enforcement agencies. In June of this year, the Australian police found 3D printed guns and other firearms in a young man. The suspect made only two days at home and cost less than A $ 40. Although his shape was like a toy gun, it was enough to cause serious harm. This kind of gun can be fired with 15 rounds of bullets. In order to prevent more and more 3D printed guns, the US Department of Justice has launched the management of 3D printed gun rules. Some areas of Australia also proposed amendments last November, including the illegal manufacturing plastic 3D guns as felony.

Strengthen citizens' awareness of counter -terrorism

Preliminary statistics from Hong Kong media show that in the past two years, the Hong Kong police have cracked at least 15 guns involving black storms or local terrorist activities, arrested the Black Storm Party 50 of the Conspiracy "Lone Wolf Turmeric Strikes" and "Online Promotion of Independence Inciting Storm" group 50 Many people, seized 70 kg of different types of explosives or explosive raw materials, nearly 300 short -length short imitation guns or real guns, nearly 7,000 different types of bullets, hundreds of different offensive weapons and black storm equipment.

Deng Bingqiang, director of the Hong Kong Security Bureau, revealed in a written response to members in writing in April this year that as of February 28 this year, the police had arrested 10,277 people on the black storm incident, and a total of 2804 were inspected (27.3%of the number of arrested people), and 1172 were detained. Concerning (41.8%of the number of prosecutors), and another 939 cases were interrogated. As of March 31st this year, 175 people related to the Hong Kong National Security Law were arrested. A total of 112 of them (64%of the number of arrested) and 5 companies were inspected. All 8 people who had completed the interrogation were convicted.

At the same time, the Hong Kong police have continuously strengthened the citizens in the past year, and launched the "anti -terrorism report hotline" with a bounty system in June this year, calling on the public to pay attention to the crime of suspicion and fear involving violence anytime, anywhere., Make Black Storms have nowhere to hide.Global Times Special Journalist in Hong Kong Ye Lan

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