Burst
Written by: Peng Kaixin and Deng Boliang
2021-07-08 11:53
The last update date: 2021-07-08 11:53
The police arrested a couple in connection with a number of burglaries that occurred in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
According to the police, the arrested men and women committed crimes mainly during the day, followed the residents into the building, and then searched for units with no one at home to carry out burglaries. During the process, they did not use tools to enter the house. They mainly used their hands to pass through the iron gate to open the iron gate lock. Then he smashed the wooden door with his bare hands and entered the house and ransacked the house. The goal was to steal valuable properties such as phones, computers, gold jewelry, and cash. The three cases involved amounted to 73,000 yuan.
Senior Inspector of Sau Mau Ping District Crime Squad 2nd Team, Senior Inspector Chu Wan-wan, pointed out that Sau Mau Ping Police District received two burglaries in May and June, both of which occurred in public housing estates in Sau Mau Ping District, where the culprits committed crimes. The method was similar. After in-depth investigation and watching closed-circuit television, the police identified the two suspects and carried out an ambush operation. By the afternoon of the 5th of this month, the police found one of the male suspects wandering in a public housing estate in Mong Kok. Entering one of the buildings and trying to commit a crime to no avail, the male suspect went to a public housing estate in Sai Wan Ho, entered a flat for burglary, and was arrested on the spot by detectives ambushing nearby when he left. The police charged him with loitering and breaking the law. The stolen phone, tablet and an ATM card were seized, worth about 4,000 yuan.
The police also arrested a lesbian in a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui on charges of entering the house and breaking the law.
Senior Inspector Chen Qingmei of Sau Mau Ping Police District Intelligence Unit said that the two arrested suspects were reported unemployed, aged 45 and 33. They were boyfriend and girlfriend. They are now being detained for investigation and the case is handed over to Xiu. The second team of Maoping Police District Crime Squad followed up.
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