Trio smash Hong Kong store window and flee with HK$1 million worth of watches in under 20 seconds
Police manhunt continues for masked robbers who raided Yuen Long store and threatened staff member
A citywide police search continued on Wednesday morning for three members of a smash-and-grab gang after they made off with more than HK$1 million (US$128,000) worth of second-hand watches in a raid that took less than 20 seconds.
The brazen robbery took place at a jewellery store on busy Yat San Street in Yuen Long, in the New Territories, at about 9pm on Tuesday.
A 34-year-old male staff member was still inside the shop when one of the three men smashed its window display with a hammer, and the other two grabbed the valuables, mostly Rolex watches, according to police. All three were wearing gloves, masks and hats.
Security camera footage showed the hammer-wielding perpetrator guarding the store entrance while his accomplices loaded the valuables into their rucksacks.
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“One of the robbers used a hammer to smash the display window and threaten the employee,” a police spokesman said.