Crackdown on personal safety devices

CUSTOMS officers have warned people tempted to import personal security devices that they could be putting themselves in danger of a criminal record.

In the past few years, officials have confiscated stun guns, alarm pistols, pepper and mace sprays and various types of discreet but potentially lethal pocket and purse knives marketed as self-defence aids.

Among the items seized this year were 14 stun guns, a BB pistol for firing plastic ball bearings, an alarm pistol, an extendable baton and various knifes and air guns.