A stupid thief pretended to be a customer to buy takeaway rice noodles at Tak Tai Path in Kwai Chung late last night. He showed a knife and robbed the staff, but was chased by the staff with a knife and fled with a loss of 100 yuan.
After investigation, the police solved the case by "lightning" and arrested a 35-year-old former employee of a securities company in Hoi Lai Village, Cheung Sha Wan. It is believed that he was involved in four recent robbery cases involving restaurants and convenience stores in multiple districts.
The source said that the arrested 35-year-old local man suffered from mental illness such as depression and insanity, and had to take long-term medication.
The suspect reported that he was unemployed. He had previously worked for a securities firm but had been unemployed for several months.
The police are investigating his motive for the crime and whether he was affected by his illness. It is initially believed that he committed the crime mainly for money.
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Police Superintendent Chung Ya-lun of the Criminal Division (Operations) of the West Kowloon Region explained the case today (10th) evening, saying that there have been a number of knife robbery cases involving convenience stores and restaurants in recent days. Searching through a large number of CCTV clips and intelligence collection analysis, a suspect was identified.
At about 11 am this morning, the West Kowloon Regional Crime Squad and Mong Kok District detectives set up an ambush in Hoi Lai Village, Cheung Sha Wan, and arrested a 35-year-old man involved in the case in a residential unit. After investigation, it is believed that he is related to this month From the 3rd to the 9th, four robbery cases at restaurants and convenience stores occurred in Hung Hom, Sham Shui Po, Tai Kok Tsui and Kwai Chung.
The four robbery cases involved similar methods of crime. The suspects showed a knife about 15 centimeters long in these stores from the evening to the early morning, pointing to intimidating the clerk into handing over the cash in the cash register.
In two cases, the clerk did not surrender, so there was no loss, and the thief fled without a trace; in the other two cases, the victim clerk handed over some cash from the cash register, resulting in a total loss of about $2,500.
The arrested man was charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of attempted robbery, and is being detained for investigation; the police also seized the knife involved and the clothes the suspect was wearing during the crime.
Zhong Yalun said that three of the four robberies involved convenience stores, and the other involved a restaurant, which happened last night at a restaurant in Tak Tai Keng, Kwai Chung.
The police also noticed one of the cases in Sham Shui Po. A member of the public tried to track down the suspect, but he stumbled and bruised his face. We appeal to members of the public to consider their own safety and call the police at a safe place if a crime occurs. Staff arrives to handle.
At the same time, in response to the decrease in the number of people at night due to the epidemic, the police appealed to the staff of convenience stores and restaurants to be more vigilant.
Stupid thief robbed the restaurant, but the online clerk chased after him with a chicken knife
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