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Triad gang smashed, 222 arrested in Hong Kong police operation
Jan 10, 2012, 5:30 GMT
Hong Kong - Hong Kong police have arrested 222 people and smashed a triad gang believed to be involved in illegal gambling, smuggling, drug trafficking and vice, police said Tuesday.
The arrests, which include nine alleged key gang members, followed a two-year operation by undercover police and were made over the New Year holiday and the first week of January by the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau.
Cash, drugs, obscene DVDs and cigarettes worth 700,000 Hong Kong dollars (90,110 US dollars) plus weapons were also seized, the police spokesman said.
Of those arrested, 22 have been charged and have already appeared in court. A further 30 members of the alleged gang are still on the run.
Triad gangs are secret societies involved in drug trafficking, prostitution and protection rackets and are believed to be responsible for about 3 per cent of all crime in Hong Kong.
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