Taken by surprise, two suspects in the room, who were armed, surrendered to the police without any resistance. A third one dived to the side of a bed but was promptly stopped by the detectives. Underneath a mittes, a loaded pistol was discovered, Followihg a careful search in the 100m, the police found two additional pistols, a total of 115 rounds of ammunition, in addition to clothing and jewellery.
Further information received by the police led the raiding party to three other Chinese houses in the vicinity of Ying Hwa alleyway, off Connaught Road. A suspect was arrested at each place Two of the gangsters were said to be deserters from the Peace Preservation Corps. One of them bears the mark of a gun-shot wound in the left shoulder.
The detectives were still looking for additional suspects and weapons, including potato mashers, last night. The suspects were believed to have shifted their lodging places constantly, thus rendering the search difficult:
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