GPS in luggage containing HK$2.8 million helps Hong Kong police in robbery arrest
Victim had packed a mobile phone in each of two stolen suitcases before he was ambushed
GPS in two mobile phones led Hong Kong police to the arrest of an asylum seeker from India and the recovery of more than HK$3.2 million in foreign currency after a robbery in broad daylight on Monday.
Officers were still searching for at least three men of non-Chinese descent on Monday night in connection with a hold-up that took place outside Loong King Mansion on Man Yue Street in Hung Hom shortly before 8am, according to police.
The victim – an ethnic Indian and Hong Kong identity card holder –-is a businessman, 34, who was returning to his office in Hung Hom at the time of the incident after collecting from the airport two pieces of luggage, a police source said.
He said initial information showed the two luggage pieces contained US$320,000 (HK$2.48 million) and 50,000 euros (HK$414,000).
“Initial investigation showed the victim was beaten with wooden rods in an attack by four men who grabbed the two luggage pieces, jumped in a seven-seater car driven by a fifth suspect and sped off,” the source said.
Police said the robbers were non-Chinese men who wore face masks at the time of the attack.
