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HK gang tries to rob woman of bag worth $51,400
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IANS | 25 Mar, 2020
A Hong Kong police sergeant drew his gun during a stand-off with a
knife-wielding robber and recovered a bag worth about HK$390,000
($51,400) stolen from a businesswoman, a media report said on Tuesday.
According
to initial investigation, the woman posted the Hermes Birkin bag for
sale on the Carousell online selling platform last year, claiming the
black crocodile-skin luxury bag was 99 per cent new and worth
HK$399,000, he South China Morning Post said in the report.
Posing
as a buyer, the gang, a trio, contacted the woman online and after she
lowered the price, they agreed to meet outside an industrial building in
Kwai Chung on Monday night.
The woman, who runs a trading company, went to the meet-up accompanied by her sister and a male friend, according to the police.
Superintendent
Iu Wing-kan, assistant Kwai Tsing district commander (crime), said that
while the trio waited for the buyer, three men dressed in black,
wearing masks and brandishing metal bars rushed out and attacked the
group, snatched the handbag and ran away.
Plain-clothes officers who were patrolling the area discovered the hold-up and chased after the gang.
Officers
caught up with one suspect, and the 18-year-old man pulled out the
knife and threatened them, the report quoted the Superintendent as
saying.
Officers recovered the handbag from him and arrested him
for robbery – an offence that carries a maximum penalty of life
imprisonment.
The other two suspects are estimated to be about 20 years old, the South China morning Post report added.
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