Hong Kong police find large amount of explosives during warehouse raid

Hong Kong police seized explosives and offensive weapons in night-time raid on an industrial warehouse in the city’s Tsuen Wan District, police said at a news conference on Saturday. Police were quoted by the South China Morning Post that they found two kilos of powerful explosives, ten petrol bombs, and acidic substances. T-shirts with messages in favour of Hong Kong independence and leaflets with anti-extradition messages were also found.

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