Recently, security has been unstable, and robbery cases have occurred one following another! Four robbers broke into a second-hand watch shop in Causeway Bay in broad daylight and during the lunch hour crowded with crucian carp. The police said that it is currently unknown whether the guns used by the thieves are real. According to preliminary calculations, 80 to 100 watches were lost in the case, worth regarding 10 million yuan. .Figure: Zhong Shiming
The robbed watch shop is located at 441 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay, just across the road from the Wanchai Fire Station. The incident occurred at regarding 1 pm yesterday (31st), and the closed-circuit television of the merchant captured the robbery for 3 minutes. As seen in the clip, there were 1 male and 1 female clerk in the store at the time, and 2 men in hats suddenly broke into the store. The leading black hooded thief held a silver pistol and pointed at the male clerk; he was followed by a blue jacket and a brown hat. The thief, he threatened the female staff with a knife. Afterwards, two thieves wearing black shirts and black hats followed into the store. One of them put a duffel bag on the decoration cabinet. The thief forced the staff to hand over the window key to open the decoration cabinet, and then opened the window decoration cabinet facing Jaffe Road. Put the famous watches in the cabinet one by one into the bag, and then another thief also assisted in “sweeping the goods”.
Private car parking on Jaffe Road pick up
During the period, the two armed men kept controlling the staff and ordered the female staff to step out of the counter. The four thieves immediately left and boarded a private car parked on Jaffe Road to flee. The male staff immediately chased out of the store, while the female staff walked back to the bottom of the counter, believing that she had set off the alarm bell and called the police for help. After the incident, the police dispatched officers wearing bulletproof vests to block off the scene to intercept the thieves, and also dispatched search dogs. The detectives took fingerprints in the store and checked the CCTV. It is reported that five cigarette butts were also seized at the parking location of the suspected thief’s car nearby. It is unknown whether it is related to the case.
Security system activated following thief escaped
Chief Inspector Zhang Jiarong of the Second Team of the Hong Kong Island Regional Major Crime Unit explained the case yesterday evening, saying that 80 to 100 expensive watches, worth a total of regarding HK$10 million, were looted, and the actual loss is still being counted. Four men claimed to be robbery in local dialect. Three of them were armed with a pistol, a sharp knife and a hammer. No one was injured in the incident. He continued to point out that it is still a preliminary investigation at this stage. “The gun is a real gun and a fake gun. It’s just like a suspected pistol.” The police will review the nearby CCTV footage to investigate the robbery Whether the bandits are affiliated with the party, and whether they have “stepped on the line” beforehand, they are trying their best to track down the whereregardings of the vehicles involved, and will follow all possible methods to investigate. He also said that the store had installed a security system, which was activated following the thief left. Police appeal to members of the public who witnessed the incident or provided information to contact the Second Unit of the Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Department at 2860 7834 / 9886 0043.
Tsim Sha Tsui lost 940,000 in robbery last month
Recently, there have been frequent robbery cases and violent crimes. On the 18th of last month in Tsim Sha Tsui, two thieves pretended to be guests in a second-hand watch shop and stole three watches worth more than 940,000 yuan. In addition, last Thursday (25th), Tai Fook Jewellery in Yuen Long was robbed by thieves taking advantage of the storm, and lost 3 sets of gold jewellery worth regarding one million yuan. In addition to the robbery of the shop, there are even more thieves “grandma will not let go”. Last Monday (22nd), a street sleeper in Kowloon City was tragically 2 men covered up and snatched 16,000 yuan of living expenses and a mobile phone from her son. The whole city was shocked. ; The day before yesterday (30th), the 90-year-old Women’s Victoria Park lost cash, Octopus and jade bracelets because of the handbags. Yesterday morning in Tsim Sha Tsui, there was a case of gangsters beheading people and snatching designer bags.
august robbery
August 18-Tsim Sha Tsui Second Hand Shop
★Lost 3 Rolex watches worth 940,000
August 22 – Seventy-year-old scavenger in Kowloon City
★Lost 16,000 yuan in cash, mobile phone and trolley lock key
August 25 – Yuen Long Tai Fook Jewellery Co.
★ Lost 3 sets of gold jewelry worth regarding 1 million yuan
August 30 – Victoria Park ninety-nine-year-old mother-in-law
★Loss of handbags such as mobile phone, more than 100 yuan in cash, Octopus and handbag
August 31 – 2 men beheaded in Tsim Sha Tsui
★About 2,000 yuan in cash and bank card name-brand bags
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