Six teenagers arrested after street robberies
Six teenage muggers were arrested after two separate robberies yesterday. In one, a Filipina was attacked by four teens who tried to snatch her gold necklace and mobile phone on Aberdeen Reservoir Road, Aberdeen, shortly after 11.30am. They fled empty-handed when the woman, 37, put up a struggle. Police later arrested the four. In a separate case, a 17-year-old boy was assaulted and robbed of a mobile phone by five teenage boys on Kwun Tong Road, Ngau Tau Kok, at about 2am. Police arrested two 16-year-olds.
WOUNDING CASE LEADS TO DRUG ARRESTS
Two men and two women were charged with possession of dangerous drugs following the seizure of 70 grams of ketamine in a Tai Po flat yesterday. Police also found a gun hidden on a hillside nearby. The arrests follow an investigation into a wounding case in which a man was threatened with a pistol-like object inside a Tuen Mun store, and the discovery of 15 rounds of ammunition in a hotel room in Tin Shui Wai.
passer-by hit by minibus after truck collision
A woman was hit by a minibus after it collided with a truck at the junction of Ning Po and Battery streets, Yau Ma Tei. The woman, 35, and the minibus driver, 60, were treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital with minor injuries.
