The Sham Shui Po Police District launched an operation against "quick money" crimes and arrested 64 people on suspicion of committing crimes under the theft ordinance, gambling ordinance, and drugs ordinance.
During the operation, the police focused on cracking down on the illegal trading of stolen mobile phones in Sham Shui Po, dismantling an organized crime syndicate, and arresting 10 key members for fraud and handling of stolen goods.
The police investigation found that when the thief steals a mobile phone, it will be sold to a mobile phone shop in Sham Shui Po. After the store acquires the stolen mobile phone, it will unlock, wash the machine, and even disassemble the mobile phone and reinstall it, and then sell it online after a facelift. .
Some criminals even dismantled the old model of mobile phone, fitted it with a new model of mobile phone casing, and repackaged it for sale for profit.
The Chief Criminal Inspector of Sham Shui Po District, Zhang Lequan, stated that "quick money" crimes in Sham Shui Po in the second quarter of this year increased by 5.4% compared with the first quarter. In order to combat such crimes, a special task force was set up in the West Kowloon Region and deployed. The team members collected relevant crime information in Sham Shui Po District and launched an operation code-named "Feng Xian" in July. A total of 64 people were arrested, including 39 men and 25 women, aged between 18 and 66, among which 58 were Chinese nationals. And 6 non-Chinese descent, 3 of whom are Hong Kong identity card holders and 3 are torture claimants.
Detective Inspector Zhu Yating of the Sham Shui Po Police District Intelligence Unit stated that the operation focused on cracking down on the illegal activities of buying and selling stolen mobile phones in Sham Shui Po. After a thief was found to have stolen the mobile phone, it would be sold to mobile phone shops in the area and the shop would buy it at a low price. Enter, and then use illegal computer programs to unlock the phone, wash the machine, and then resell it through online platforms or for mobile phone shops in other regions to earn the difference.
The police also discovered that criminals would disassemble the stolen mobile phones and reinstall them. "The birds came back to their nests and changed their faces." These included old models of mobile phones being fitted with new phone cases and new mobile phone cases for sale. Deceive consumers to profit from it.
After in-depth investigation, the police launched an arrest operation on the 10th of this month and successfully cracked down on an organized crime group. They arrested 10 key members on suspicion of defrauding and handling stolen goods, including 5 Chinese women, 2 Chinese men, Two Filipino women and one African-American man, aged between 27 and 51 years old.
The police also raided 2 mobile phone shops in Sham Shui Po district and 1 mobile phone shop in Tsim Sha Tsui district on the same day. A total of 1 computer, 8 tablet computers, and about 300 mobile phones were seized. The mobile phones were confirmed to be stolen property. Due to the large number of exhibits, inspection The procedure is still in progress.
The police urged that anyone who has lost a phone but has not reported it, or did not provide the phone number when reporting, can email the brand, model, phone number, and report number of the lost phone to windact@police.gov.hk .
In addition to cracking down on illegal acts of buying and selling stolen mobile phones, the operation also smashed a pickpocketing syndicate active in various districts of Hong Kong and Kowloon. During June and July, 10 men and 1 woman, aged between 18 and 66, were arrested. Years old, involved 10 cases of theft, 14 cases of pickpocketing, and 2 cases of handling stolen goods.
On the 7th of this month, the police arrested two more key members, 30 and 32-year-old Mongolian men, involved in 6 thefts and 6 deception cases.
The culprit will set off in crowded places, such as subway stations or markets, steal the victim’s cell phone or wallet, and then hand the credit card to another culprit to use in different shops, including convenience stores.
There were also culprits who stole the valuable watches in the victim's handbag while the victim was drinking and having fun, and then pawned them at the pawnshop in Sham Shui Po. The police finally recovered the lost property for the victim.
The case was handed over to the third team of the Sham Shui Po Crime Squad for follow-up.
Sham Shui Po District Operations Director Chief Inspector Wen Zhipei continued that during the operation, the police also arrested a 59-year-old Bangladeshi man on suspicion of handling stolen goods; two 30-year-old and a 33-year-old Indian man were arrested on suspicion of trafficking in dangerous drugs , The police found 1 kilogram of heroin and about 2.2 kilograms of cannabis on their bodies and inside the unit, with a market value of about 1.5 million yuan.
Another 38 people were arrested on suspicion of "managing gambling establishments" and "gambling in gambling establishments", and seized 5 fishing machines, 10 shooting game machines, 6 electric sparrow machines, 1 number book, and 3 reading machines. Card device and a batch of game cards, etc.
The police reiterated that it is a very serious crime for anyone to buy or sell stolen goods. The crime of handling stolen goods carries a maximum imprisonment of 14 years.
The maximum imprisonment for committing the crime of deception is 10 years. Don’t try the law.
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