At 11:09 Aug. 15, a foreign man entered the court building for the normal security checks and X-ray examinations. He was found to possess one sharp metal “weapon” hidden in his backpack. The security guard immediately called the police. He was then arrested on suspicion of “possession of offensive weapons.” This was the third such incident in eight days.
It is reported that the arrested man is of American nationality, aged 39. He is also a holder of a Hong Kong ID card and reported to work as a chef at a club. This morning, the man went to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court to submit documents and supplementary information to assist in the relevant procedures on behalf of his deceased friend. However, during security check at the entrance, security guards discovered he had a jackknife hidden in his backpack.
Police were called to the scene to investigate. The man said that the said knife was used in his daily life for opening cardboard boxes, and he usually put it in his rucksack all the time. The case was handed over to the Sham Shui Po District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.
This is the third such arrest in eight days of August. At around 9 a.m. Aug. 8, a 24-year-old local man passed the security check at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court when security guards found two metal pocketknives about 20 cm (7.87 inches) long in his bag.
After police arrived, he was arrested on suspicion of “possessing offensive weapons” and the case was also handed over to the Sham Shui Po District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.
At about 2 p.m. on the same day, the security guard of the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court again found a 55-year-old man with a lotus iron bar hidden in his bag. After a preliminary investigation, the police arrested him on suspicion of “possession of prohibited weapons.”
