Employees at second-hand luxury goods stores in Hong Kong have voiced fears over their safety after a Tsim Sha Tsui shop was robbed of HK$3 million (US$382,170) in Hermes and Van Cleef & Arpels products, with a saleswoman rendered unconscious during the crime. Security and insurance experts highlighted the importance of insuring luxury goods, installing…
A robber who fled to Thailand after allegedly stealing 11 pre-owned Hermes bags and a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace worth nearly HK$3 million (US$382,170) in total has been caught and will be extradited to Hong Kong, the Post has learned. The robbery happened on Wednesday afternoon, with the heavyset suspect entering the premises in…
A robber tied up a shop assistant, rendered her unconscious and made off with Hermes bags and a Van Cleef & Arpels necklace worth nearly HK$3 million (US$382,170) in total in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui on Wednesday. The 49-year-old female victim opened the first-floor store at Supreme House on Hart Avenue at about 9.30am,…
A transport worker who turned himself in to police has been arrested on suspicion of receiving some of the HK$380,000 (US$48,717) in cash snatched during an armed bank robbery in Hong Kong, the Post has learned. The worker, 47, surrendered to police on Wednesday, two days after a Hang Seng Bank branch at the Fortune…
A robber who triggered a manhunt after he held a woman at knifepoint and stole HK$370,000 (US$47,180) from a Hang Seng Bank branch is a Hongkonger and has fled to mainland China, the Post has learned. A source said on Tuesday that police’s elite tactical unit, the Flying Tigers, was searching for the local man,…
A man has been arrested on suspicion of robbing a Hong Kong pet shop at knifepoint, with police tracking him down within nine hours of the crime after reviewing footage from cameras installed as part of a citywide surveillance push. Inspector Wong Ka-hung from the Tuen Mun district crime squad said on Sunday that the…