“Kwun Tong Gold Shop Robbery: Suspect Arrested After Attempted Robbery with Hammer and Imitation Firearms”

[Update the police situation at 2:00 noon on May 13]

[Updated at 0000 on the evening of May 12th]

On the afternoon of Saturday (May 12) in the jewelry robbery case at Wuhua Street in Kwun Tong, a lone thief suspected of holding a hammer and smashed a glass cabinet to rob, was pulled by the staff and fled with his backpack. The robbery took about ten seconds. The police replied to “Yahoo News” that a 46-year-old man was arrested in Ngau Tau Kok District on Saturday night on suspicion of “attempted robbery” and “possession of imitation firearms”.

The suspect surrendered to the police that night: I believe he committed the crime because of debts

The police today (13th) saw a reporter explaining the case. They received a report at about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday that a gold shop on Wuhua Street in Kwun Tong was armed and robbed. At that time, a man armed with a hammer and an air gun rushed into the gold shop. Shouting “robbery”, he knocked on the glass of the cabinet, fled when the staff tried to stop him, and returned to Ngau Tau Kok residence by bicycle to change his shirt.

When the clerk tried to stop him, he tore off the man’s backpack, which contained a phone, personal belongings, and a security card. In addition, the man successfully stole a gold bracelet worth $5714 and pawned it at a pawnshop.

The 46-year-old man surrendered himself to the police station at night and is currently being detained for investigation. The police preliminarily believe that the man committed the crime because of his gambling debts, the amount of which is about 100,000. It is believed that the man committed the crime alone without any accomplices. Before the crime, the man also “stepped on the line” near the gold shop.

Hammer into shop, break glass case, steal gold bracelet

At 1:38 p.m. on Saturday (12th), a man wearing black clothes, black pants, and a black mask attempted to rob a jewelry store at No. 49 Wuhua Street, Kwun Tong. The suspect entered the shop with a hammer and broke the glass cabinet. The proprietor immediately called the police, stopped him and chased the man. The jewelry at the address was Hengfu Jewelry. The police later said that the suspect stole a gold bracelet worth $5714. The suspect fled immediately after the incident was defeated, and the police are now looking for him. The suspect is about 30 to 40 years old. The incident caused the proprietor to be injured and needed treatment, but he refused to be sent to the hospital.