A flat owner was tied up and robbed of $10,000, his bank cards and mobile phone after taking two bogus home buyers to view his Kowloon City unit. The 61-year-old victim was overpowered and then had his hands and legs tied after he escorted the two men to view his Pang Ching Street unit at about 2.30pm. He later freed himself and called police.

Four injured as unmarked police car crashes

Four police officers were injured when their unmarked police car collided with another vehicle in Austin Road near the junction of Chatham Road South in Tsim Sha Tsui. The three constables and a station sergeant, aged between 25 and 47, were treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and later discharged. An expatriate man, 40, who was the driver of the other car, was arrested for failing to provide a specimen for a breathalyser test.

HUSBAND'S SUICIDE THREAT

A man poured thinner over himself and threatened to set himself alight with a lighter in a suicide attempt after a dispute with his wife in their Sha Tin home. Emergency crews were called to the couple's unit in Luk Chuen House, Lek Yuen Estate, where the man surrendered after an hour-long standoff. He was sent to Prince of Wales Hospital for a checkup.

robber grabs takings

A robber snatched a paper bag containing $70,000 takings from a female employee of a restaurant in Caroline Hill Road in Causeway Bay. The thief fled on a motorcycle.