HK$270,000 in cash and valuables, including Cartier watch, stolen in burglary at Hong Kong home, police say

Hong Kong police are investigating a burglary at a home in the New Territories, where HK$270,000 (US$34,516) in cash and valuables, including a Cartier watch, were stolen.

Officers were on Monday checking security camera footage of the break-in at a ground floor home at a Ha Che Tsuen house on Fan Kam Road in the Pat Heung area of Yuen Long, after the theft was reported at about 3am by a 26-year-old man.

“The man returned to the flat and found the door of his parents’ bedroom wide open, with signs of ransacking,” a source familiar with the case said.

The insider said investigations suggested the thief entered the flat through the bathroom window which had its mesh screen forced open.

The source added the watch, valued at about HK$100,000, two handbags and a wallet worth a total of HK$80,000, were stolen, along with HK$90,000 in cash.

The break-in happened after the man left the flat about 5pm on Sunday.