Rugby Sevens drinkers warned of 'powerfully-built' women thieves who dumped fan in a rubbish bin
Gangs lure victims with sex, police say, as one man thrown in bin, another loses HK$10,000
Police have warned rugby fans and other revellers to be on their guard as the Sevens approach after learning that groups of African women using sex as a pretext for theft have been preying on drunken expatriates in Wan Chai nightspots.
The warning followed a report that an Australian tourist lost almost HK$10,000 in foreign currency after he met three African women and took them to his hotel room yesterday.
An investigator said one of the women would flirt with their target or offer sex services while the others acted as lookouts.
"After the man gets drunk, they take him out of the bar," he said. "They steal cash and valuables from victims on the street or in hotel rooms, but they do not take passports or bank cards."
He said the powerfully built women stood about 1.8 metres tall - and one group threw a victim in a rubbish bin when he realised he was being robbed and tried to struggle.
Police received an average of two such reports a month, usually on Fridays and Saturdays.