Six Arrested After Teen Found Collapsed in Flat
SingTao · 3 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago1 MIN
Summary
A 16-year-old boy was found collapsed in the toilet of a flat on Hing Fat Street on Saturday morning, prompting a security guard to call police. Officers later seized a small amount of suspected cannabis buds and a metal knuckle-duster-like weapon from the unit, and arrested six youths aged between 13 and 18.
Key Points
- Police received a report at 9.28am on August 9 from a building security guard on Hing Fat Street in the Causeway Bay-Tin Hau area.
- Officers found the 16-year-old boy lying in the flat's toilet in a dazed or semi-conscious condition before sending him to Eastern Hospital.
- After an initial investigation, police seized a small quantity of suspected cannabis buds and one metal knuckle-duster-like prohibited weapon inside the unit.
- The hospitalized boy and two other males and three females, aged 13 to 18, were arrested on suspicion of possessing dangerous drugs and possessing prohibited weapons.
- The case was handed to the East District crime squad, Team 5, for follow-up investigation, while all six suspects were being detained
Why It Matters
The case involves very young suspects, with the youngest aged 13, and combines a medical emergency with alleged drug and weapons possession inside a residential flat. Further investigation is likely to focus on how the suspected items came to be in the unit and the circumstances leading to the teenager's collapse.