Two men stole diamonds worth an estimated $1 million from the owner of a trading company in Kwai Chung yesterday morning.
The 30-year-old proprietor of the business, which distributes diamonds and shoes, told police that two men in their 20s knocked on the door between 8am and 9am.
When he opened the door, they pushed him to the ground, brandished a bag containing what is believed to have been a gun, and bound his arms and legs with tape.
They took two bags of diamonds.
The proprietor freed himself and activated an alarm shortly before 11am. He was unhurt.
In another robbery at Tai Kok Tsui, five men rushed into an apartment where two female occupants had left the door unlocked.
The robbers, armed with hammers and knives, bound and robbed their victims. Four men whose visit to the flat coincided with the robbery were also taken captive.