Man held over theft of pipes at old estate

Police arrested an unemployed man yesterday on suspicion of stealing more than 100 metal water pipes outside vacant flats in the 40-year-old Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate set for demolition this year. The pipes were worth thousands of dollars, police said. A guard called police at 12.10am after he saw the suspect, 46, carrying pipes. Officers found he had a parked van loaded with more than 100. They also found a trolley, spanner and gloves.