A luxury flat on The Peak in Hong Kong has been burgled, with losses exceeding HK$5 million (US$642,650), including luxury watches and jewellery, the Post has learned. Police received a report from security staff at the Villa Verde residential estate on Guildford Road after a domestic helper discovered signs of forced entry and ransacking inside…
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after jewellery and watches worth more than HK$1 million (US$128,610) were stolen from a luxury flat in Repulse Bay. Police said they received a report at around 10am on Saturday from the security staff at The Lily, a serviced flat complex in the affluent neighbourhood in Southern district….
Hong Kong police are investigating a burglary in which luxury goods and cash worth about HK$2.14 million (US$272,610) in total, including 10 Rolex, Cartier and Patek Philippe watches, were stolen from a flat in Tuen Mun. Police said that they received a report at around 1.30am on Tuesday from a man, 28, who discovered the…
The Twin Cities home where Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot Saturday was broken into overnight Wednesday, police say. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called a “political assassination.” Brooklyn…
Hong Kong police have arrested a domestic helper for allegedly stealing more than HK$203,000 (US$26,025) in cash from her employer’s flat in Happy Valley. The woman was detained on Sunday night, hours after her 63-year-old employer reported the theft at upmarket development The Leighton Hill. The helper, 43, was accused of stealing HK$200,000 in Hong…
About 300 staff members working in an office of the AXA multinational insurance company in Hong Kong have lost as much as HK$150,000 (US$19,290) in a burglary. An employee discovered that money previously stored in a drawer at the AXA customer service centre on the 20th floor of Tower 2 of Times Square in Causeway…
Hong Kong police have arrested four mainland Chinese linked to a burglary gang from Guangxi autonomous region on suspicion of stealing jewellery and cash worth HK$375,000 (US$48,200) from luxury residences between January and April. Lam King-nin, a senior inspector from the Western district crime squad, said on Friday the suspects, who entered the city illegally…
Luxury goods retailer Ginza Xiaoma has shared more details about the 66 Hermes handbags taken during a burglary at its Hong Kong store, with most of the stolen goods coming from the highly popular Kelly and Birkin lines. The company also reiterated on Wednesday night that it had fully compensated clients who had entrusted their…
Police are investigating a burglary minutes from Prince William and Princess Kate’s house and within the Windsor Castle estate. A pick-up truck and a quad bike were taken in the night time raid through the closest exit to William and Kate’s Adelaide Cottage. The Sun, which broke the story, reported the couple and their three…
Hong Kong police have launched a citywide search for a burglar who took advantage of deserted streets during Tropical Storm Toraji, when the No 8 typhoon warning signal was issued in the city, to break into a kindergarten and steal more than HK$6,600 (US$850) in cash. A source familiar with the case said surveillance cameras…