A taxi theft occurred in Mong Kok on the third day of the Lunar New Year (24th).
At 4:36 p.m., the police received a report that a taxi with the ignition on in Mong Kok was stolen by thieves. The taxi driver called the police after finding out.
Police and the driver used GPS to track the whereabouts of the lost car.
About 40 minutes later, the thief stopped at Po Lun Street in Lai Chi Kok to prepare for delivery. The police car rushed to the scene to pursue him. However, the thief in the taxi backed up and crashed into the police car, then sped up and fled in the direction of Castle Peak Road. He arrived at the side of the road opposite the Lai Chi Kok Detention Center At that time, the two thieves abandoned their car and fled, fled to a nearby industrial building, and were eventually arrested by the police on the spot.
The two car thieves were arrested at the scene.
(Photo by Liang Weiquan)
At 3:30 p.m., a taxi driver parked a taxi in the taxi bay at the junction of Mong Kok Road and Cheung Mong Road, waiting for a change. He suspected that the driver was careless and did not lock the car door with the key in the car. , then left briefly.
When the driver returned to the previous location to pick up the car, he found that the entire taxi was missing, so he called the police for help.
The taxi driver used GPS positioning and the car's dashcam to track the whereabouts of the lost car. He found that the taxi was stolen by a male thief and was driving in the Mong Kok area. The male thief first stopped at Portland Street and Argyle Street intersection, picked up a female accomplice into the car, then fled towards Cheung Sha Wan, Cherry Street, and finally stopped at the Lane of Manhattan Hill Estate, Po Lun Street, Lai Chi Kok, waiting to hand over the lost car with the accomplice.
At about 5:00 p.m., the police, with the assistance of the taxi driver, rushed to Baolun Street to pursue the scene and ordered the two people in the car to get out of the car.
Seeing the Dongchuang incident, the two thieves panicked and abandoned their car on the side of the road opposite the Lai Chi Kok Detention Center. They got out of the car and fled. They ran for more than 100 meters to the International Industrial Building, No. 501-503, Castle Peak Road. They wanted to go upstairs and hide to avoid police arrest. .
The police sent a large number of police reinforcements to hunt down the two thieves.
On-site news indicated that when the two thieves ran to the basement lobby of the building, they were subdued by police officers who pressed their backhands on the ground. Arrested, the black cloth hooded his head, locked his hand buckles, and got into the police car.
According to preliminary information, the thief received 2,000 yuan as a reward for stealing the car, and the police are looking for the whereabouts of the rest of the accomplices.
The owner of the taxi came to the scene to understand and inspect the taxi, and found that the left rear of the car and the rear-view mirror were damaged.
Police dogs were also called to the scene to search the vehicle for suspicious items.
