Burst
Written by: Ling Yide
2021-04-07 16:16
Last update date: 2021-04-07 20:31
A car crash and robbery occurred in Yau Ma Tei this (7th) afternoon. Knife bandits stole about $16 million in cash.
The police are clamoring for "quick moves" in various districts to hunt down the robbers, and a large number of police officers are still investigating the crime scene.
According to the news at the scene, there were 3 people in the seven-person car that was robbed, including a male driver and a male and a female passenger. However, the male passenger left by himself after the incident, while the 29-year-old male driver surnamed Liu and the 33-year-old female passenger surnamed Liao Injured hand and sent to hospital for treatment.
The police once tracked down the whereabouts of the male passenger, and later found a 35-year-old male passenger who left without injury.
It is reported that someone was the person in charge of the robbed company, which had also been robbed earlier.
The police are investigating the motive of the male passenger who was robbed and left the scene. The robbers robbed him of 16 million yuan in cash with one hit. Whether there was an "inner ghost" is also the focus of investigation.
The incident occurred at 1:18 noon today (7th). A black Alphard seven-person private car carrying two men and one woman was heading towards Yau Ma Tei along Po Road. According to sources, the three persons in the seven-person car were all money changers staff.
When the seven-seater drove to the opposite side of the circle, a light-colored BMW SUV suddenly tapped and forced the seven-seater to stop by the edge.
A man in the BMW car rushed to the black seven-man car with a hammer and a knife, robbed one black and one dark gray backpack, each with 8 million, a total of 16 million in cash, and then returned to the BMW, along the coastal road to Tai Kok Tsui, Then leave in the direction of the New Territories.
A male passenger in the seven-person vehicle fled the scene.
According to the source, the money changer involved had encountered similar incidents of being blocked by a car before.
The police classified the case as a robbery and handed it over to the first team of the Yau Tsim District Crime Squad for follow-up. No one has been arrested yet.
A 29-year-old male driver surnamed Liu and a 33-year-old female passenger surnamed Liao were sent to hospital for treatment. Another 35-year-old passenger surnamed Hu was not injured.
Witnesses, Miss Guo, said that two cars were seen parked on the side of the road. A man jumped from the robbed private car and boarded another car to leave.
At first, Miss Guo thought there was a traffic accident. The two cars knew each other. When she stepped forward to find out if she needed help, she unexpectedly said that someone in the seven-person car had been robbed, so Miss Guo assisted the police.
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