Three old men, aged between 63 and 65, organized a gang to sneak into five ground-floor shops in Sham Shui Po from April to July this year, stealing a total of 230,000 yuan worth of cash and telephones.
The police said that the three arrested persons were friends, and the maximum amount of money lost in each of the five cases was HK$100,000.
They sometimes wore hats to conceal their identities when committing crimes. Most of the crimes were captured on CCTV. The police were able to identify the thieves and arrested the three today (17th).
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Sham Shui Po District Criminal Acting Chief Inspector Yang Zhenyu said that the police conducted an anti-burglary arrest operation in the early morning of this (17th), dismantling the burglary gang, which was suspected of being related to five burglaries in the district.
From April to July 11 this year, Sham Shui Po Police District received five burglary cases involving food stores, bakeries and restaurants.
Thieves are more likely to commit crimes on weekend nights, stealing cash and mobile phones from the store.
Inspector Chung Ka-ping, head of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of Sham Shui Po Police District, further pointed out that after in-depth investigation and reviewing a large number of CCTV clips, the police successfully identified the suspect.
Beginning in July this year, the police carried out targeted anti-burglary operations and saw two targeted men in an ambush at about 1 am today (17th).
Two men "stepped on the line" at a restaurant on Boundary Street and then started burglary.
Sham Shui Po Police District Criminal Intelligence Unit and Sham Shui Po Divisional Task Force conducted a joint arrest operation. The two men, 63-year-old Cheng and 65-year-old Tsang, were arrested at the scene. One of the suspects was found with a cash bag containing 30,000 yuan in cash. of plastic bags.
The electric lock gate of the store was damaged, and the cash register and the cash cabinet were damaged.
The police seized two screwdrivers and a pair of gloves at the scene, which are believed to have been used by the two when they committed the crime.
Later, the police arrested a 64-year-old man surnamed Cheng in Sham Shui Po district on the same morning for the crime of "breaking the law".
He is suspected of being the mastermind of five burglaries.
Clothing and shoes worn by the suspect were also seized during the operation.
The police appeal to the public that the crime of "breaking into the house" is a serious crime. According to the "Theft Ordinance", upon conviction, the maximum penalty is imprisonment for 14 years.
