Hong Kong police have arrested one suspect after four armed men robbed the staff of a currency exchange shop of 1 billion Japanese yen (US$6.4 million).
The force said it received a report at 9.06am on Thursday from a staff member who, along with a colleague, was robbed of cash equivalent to nearly HK$50 million at 181 Queen’s Road Central near Grand Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan.
The four knife-wielding robbers fled in a westward direction along Queen’s Road Central after the theft.
Police later found a car believed to be linked to the case at 123 Jervois Street in the same neighbourhood.
A man was arrested and taken away for investigation.
The two staff members – a man holding a two-way exit permit and a driver with a Hong Kong identity card – were identified as the victims of the case. Neither was injured in the robbery.
