Woman handing over bird's nest coupons was pushed down and towed, robbed of 870,000 yuan, police detained 9 men and women in robbery group

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Written by: Peng Kaixin, Lin Zhenhua

2021-05-26 17:33

The last update date: 2021-05-26 20:13

The police smashed a violent robbery group.

Last month, a woman brought about 870,000 yuan in cash. When the bird's nest coupons purchased online were delivered in Wong Tai Sin, three men robbed her of 870,000 yuan in cash. She was then pushed down and dragged by a car and was injured.

After investigation, the police arrested 9 men and women involved in the case yesterday (25th). Some of the arrested persons have triad backgrounds and pursued 2 fugitives.

According to the police, the female victim in the case was engaged in online cash coupon trading and was used to getting to know sellers on online trading platforms, so as to purchase different cash coupons and then resell them online to make the difference.

The female victim bought a batch of bird's nest cash coupons worth about 900,000 yuan on the Internet. She met with the seller to collect it at Yueting Xuan, Fengde Road in the afternoon of April 16.

The victim brought cash to the appointment that day. After arriving at the address, she boarded a private car with three men in the car. During the period, a man immediately snatched the female victim’s eco-bag containing about 870,000 yuan in cash and put it in The victim pushed off the car and drove at high speed, while the victim was dragged on the road to 3 meters away and fell and was injured.

The private car drove back to the escape line and quickly fled the scene and hit a van in front of it.

The female victim then called the police for help.

The Regional Crime Squad of East Kowloon took over the investigation. After watching closed-circuit television and in-depth investigation, the head of the robbery group and the target person were identified. The arrest was carried out early yesterday (25th), and several places were searched and 9 persons were arrested. , 8 males and 1 female, aged between 19 and 47, charged with "conspiracy to commit robbery", "attempt to injure others", "crazy driving", "trafficking and possession of dangerous drugs", and 9 arrested persons themselves I know, because of friends, some of the arrested persons have triad background. They are currently being detained for investigation. The arrests are still continuing. There are still two people wanted in the case.

During the operation, the police recovered about 12,500 yuan, a vehicle used for crimes, and later seized about 10.5g of suspected cocaine and 2.5g of suspected cannabis in two units in Sheung Shui and Yuen Long, with a total value of about 20,000 Yuan, and seized drug packaging tools.

The police said that the crime group could not rule out drug trafficking, and it is still under investigation.

Robbery group lures customers to meet cash transactions at low prices and then robs violently

The police believe that they have successfully dismantled an organized robbery group. They selected people with large amounts of cash to carry out the robbery.

The criminal group will first search for targets online, claiming that the items sought by the victims can be sold at low prices and requiring cash settlement.

In order to gain the trust of the victim, the group members first arranged a low-denomination transaction with the victim to make the victim believe that they had related items.

Later, the group will request large-denomination transactions and meet in cash transactions. During this period, the culprits will rob them in a violent manner.

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