[Watch row robbery] Three thieves broke into Causeway Bay watch row with fake guns and swept 600,000 watches

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Written by: Kong Fanxu, Yu Ruijing

2019-12-22 19:38

Another robbery occurred in Hong Kong. Three masked thieves broke into a watch store in Causeway Bay Plaza and ran away after the robbery yesterday (23). As a result of a robbery with a gun, a large number of police officers put on helmets, bullet-proof vests and live ammunition to the scene. The atmosphere was tense. A preliminary investigation revealed that one of the three thieves was holding imitation guns and sharp knives, while the other two slammed the window with a hammer and robbed 12 watches with a total value of about 600,000 yuan. The return of 3 lost watches, the two hammers involved in the case, and an imitation gun is believed to be unrelated to the recent seizure of a real gun, but it will be investigated whether it is related to the recent watch robbery.

Police received a report at about 6.52 pm last night. Three masked thieves in dark clothes broke into a watch store in Causeway Bay Plaza Phase I. One of them was holding a fake pistol and a sharp knife, and the other two were wearing caps and iron. Hammer blasted the shop window and snatched 12 watches worth a total of 600,000 yuan, and fled from the back door of the square in the direction of Lockhart Road. A number of police officers wearing bullet-proof jackets and helmets arrived at the scene of the blockade. The police officers who were arrested later searched in a nearby lane, and the police also dispatched a tracking dog to assist the scene.

Checking three lost meters with a hammer and blasting the cabinet

Chief Inspector Chen Yongyu of the First Squad of Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Squad said that during the process, the thieves had not fired imitation guns, and no one was injured. The police recovered three lost watches, two hammers, a sharp knife and An imitation gun suspected to be involved in the case, which does not contain any rubber bullets or iron beads, needs to be followed up by the Ordnance Forensic Section. As for whether the case is related to the recent seizure of real firearms? Chen reiterated that the case involved was an imitation gun, commonly known as a fake gun, believed to have nothing to do with the real gun, and the police were also examining the scene of closed-circuit television and were investigating whether the case was related to past robberies and whether any criminal groups were involved.

A watch robbery has also recently occurred in Hong Kong. On the 13th of this month, a watch shop in Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok was robbed by four bandit gangsters and wounded the person in charge. More than one million cash was stolen from Jiawan and the display cabinet. And dozens of famous watches fled.

Police officers investigate at robbery table (photo by Yu Ruijing)

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