Hong Kong police arrest 2 burglars, recover HK$700,000 worth of stolen goods
- Men, 59 and 61, broke into traditional Chinese medicine shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, triggering alarm that led to their arrest in the vicinity, force says
Hong Kong police have arrested two burglars and recovered HK$700,000 (US$89,600) worth of traditional Chinese medicine and dried seafood products stolen from a newly opened shop in the city’s bustling Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district.
The burglary occurred at around 5.40am on Monday when the two men broke into the ground floor unit of Zhang Bao Guo Yao Tang, a shop on Hankow Road, triggering a security alarm, police said.
The security alarm alerted the shop’s security company, which immediately called police and notified the shop owner.
The owner said he had checked his shop’s CCTV using a phone app and saw, in real time, two men wearing hats and face masks inside the store.
“They were walking leisurely around inside, looking as if they were shopping in a supermarket,” he said.
He added that the two burglars emptied several jars that contained bird’s nest and caterpillar fungus and also took expensive traditional Chinese medicine from the shop, which had opened just last month.
