Hong Kong police officer arrested after ‘app tracks stolen iPad from investigation scene’
- Officer was part of team sent to Sheung Shui flat to investigate burglary on Friday morning, source says
- But woman whose flat was burgled discovers iPad missing after police visit, with device’s tracking app leading force to building where officer lives
A tracking app has helped a woman in Hong Kong locate her lost iPad, leading to the arrest of a police officer who allegedly stole the device as well as jewellery from another victim while investigating burglary cases at their flats, the Post has learned.
The 29-year-old officer was part of an investigation team sent to St Andrews Place on Kam Chui Road in Sheung Shui, after a burglary was reported there on Friday morning, a police source said.
The flat’s windows and doors were found damaged, with two watches, jewellery and cash in local and foreign currencies missing.
But the 65-year-old woman whose flat was burgled called police again that night after realising her iPad was also missing, the source said.
Officers located the device at a building on Wah Ming Road in Fanling with the help of the item’s tracking app, but were not immediately able to find it.
Police received another report from a security guard there at 11am on Saturday, saying the tablet had been found at the base of the building’s lightwell.
A subsequent probe on the same day led investigators to the 29-year-old officer’s residence inside the building.
