Business must be brisk for the metal recycling industry, judging from the types of theft being investigated by the police in recent weeks.

On Wednesday, cleaners reported seven stainless-steel soap dispensers were missing at a public toilet in Canton Road, Mongkok. On the same day, thieves were spotted making off with two large road signs posted outside a Drainage Service Department construction site in Nam Cheong Street, Shamshuipo.

One was arrested later at a recycling collection station but the others escaped.