Hong Kong police arrest 2 men allegedly caught on camera sniffing their neighbour’s high heels, trainers
- Police say the two men, who were picked up on suspicion of loitering, do not appear to know each other or the woman whose shoes they smelled
- The sniffing came to light after a neighbour’s security camera caught one of the men in the act, prompting the shoes’ owner to install a camera of her own
Police said the two suspects, aged 30 and 31, lived in the same building, and were picked up on Tuesday and Wednesday after their actions were captured by surveillance cameras on the 21st floor of Prosperland House at Affluence Garden in Tuen Mun last month.
“So far, our investigation does not suggest the two suspects knew each other, and there is no evidence to indicate the two men knew the victim or the tenants of the targeted flat,” Inspector Leung Kwun-ho of the Tuen Mun criminal investigation unit said on Wednesday.
The victim was a 27-year-old woman who lived in the development with her younger sister and mother.
The case came to light after the victim was informed by a neighbour on the same floor that a surveillance camera installed outside his flat had captured a man standing outside her door and picking up her sport shoe to take a whiff.
The woman then installed a surveillance camera of her own, which subsequently captured another man who stopped outside her flat to smell her shoes, including a pair of high heels, on several occasions.
Crime squad officers began investigating on Monday after the concerned woman made a report to police.