HK police seize submachine gun, ammunition during HK$3.6 million drugs bust, investigate whether radicals were planning attack

Police are investigating whether radicals had planned to launch an attack in Hong Kong after seizing a high-powered submachine gun and 50 rounds of ammunition during a raid on a subdivided flat in a HK$3.6 million drugs bust.

Revealing case details a day after the operation, the force on Wednesday said they seized a Skorpion vz. 61 Czechoslovak machine pistol, which was was equipped with a sound suppressor, an extendable gunstock and a magazine. The weapon was not loaded and the 50 bullets were packed in 10 tiny bags placed near the firearm.