Police have arrested 304 people in West Kowloon in a 24-hour anti-crime operation that concluded this morning.

Jointly mounted with the Customs & Excise, Immigration and Labour Departments, and the Television & Entertainment Licensing Authority, the operation targeted triad revenue-generating activities, including vice operations.

During the operation, Police raided 110 premises in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Yau Tsim and Mong Kok and arrested 40 men and 264 women for various offences.

The arrested included 270 Mainlanders, three Pakistanis, two Thais and two Vietnamese.

More than 102,000 VCDs and DVDs worth about $2 million were seized. Some 27,600 sticks of contraband cigarettes valued at about $44,000 and 144 counterfeit watches worth $57,600 were also seized.