Smash-and-grab raid nets Hong Kong gang HK$100,000 worth of gold ornaments
Theft at Sheung Shui goldsmith marks city’s fifth such raid in the last year
Hong Kong police were on Friday morning searching for a smash-and-grab gang that made off with HK$100,000 (US$12,800) worth of gold ornaments in a predawn raid.
The break-in took place at a goldsmith’s shop on the ground floor of Shun Chung Lau on San Tsoi Street, Sheung Shui soon after 3.30am, according to police, who were alerted when the daring swoop set off the store’s alarm.
Officers said the shop’s rolling shutter was up and the display window had been smashed. The robbers fled before police arrived.
“Gold ornaments worth about HK$100,000 were stolen in the incident,” a spokesman for the force said.
Officers searched the area but arrested no one.
The incident was the city’s fifth smash-and-grab theft in the last year.