Police were last night hunting a confidence trickster who walked away with $3 million worth of electronic parts in front of his victim.
Detectives have recovered the goods but suspect the culprit, a man in his 30s, may have fled Hong Kong for the mainland.
Another 42-year-old man was arrested for handling stolen property and officers recovered the stolen electronic parts from a godown in Sheung Shui yesterday.
Police said the deception took place about noon on Thursday when the owner of a trading company delivered the electronic parts to an industrial building in Kwai Hei Street in Kwai Chung as requested by a man.
When the owner arrived with the goods at the industrial building, he handed them over and was asked to wait at the entrance, police said.
After a while he became suspicious, walked back and discovered that the man and the goods had disappeared.
