Key facts
- Police arrested a suspect in Tai Po on Thursday afternoon.
- The suspect is linked to the theft of a gold necklace worth nearly HK$80,000 from a Chow Sang Sang store.
- The stolen jewelry has not been recovered.
- Two mainland men were arrested for allegedly stealing HK$30 million in gold from a hotel room.
- The Tsuen Wan theft involved two gold chains valued at approximately HK$80,000 from a Chow Tai Fook store.
Hong Kong police arrested a suspect on Thursday afternoon in connection with the theft of a gold necklace worth nearly HK$80,000 from a Chow Sang Sang jewelry store in Tai Po. The suspect, an unemployed man in his forties, entered the store on Wednesday afternoon. The stolen jewelry has not been recovered.
Separately, police are investigating a theft from a Chow Tai Fook store in Tsuen Wan on Saturday evening where two gold chains valued at approximately HK$80,000 were stolen. The suspect in that case also entered the store posing as a customer before snatching the items.
In a different incident, two mainland men were arrested for allegedly stealing about HK$30 million worth of gold from a hotel room in Kwun Tong. The gold was replaced with fabric softener. Police intercepted one suspect in Tai Po and recovered the gold, while a second suspect was arrested attempting to leave Hong Kong.