1 arrested after currency exchange staff robbed of 1 billion yen in Hong Kong
Four knife-wielding men stole Japanese currency worth nearly HK$50 million before fleeing scene, police say
Hong Kong police have arrested one suspect after four armed men robbed the staff of a currency exchange shop of 1 billion yen (US$6.4 million).
The force said it received a report at 9.06am on Thursday from a staff member who, together with a colleague, was robbed of yen worth nearly HK$50 million at 181 Queen’s Road Central near Grand Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan.
The four knife-wielding robbers fled in a westward direction along Queen’s Road Central after the theft.
Police later found a car believed to be linked to the robbery at 123 Jervois Street in the same neighbourhood.
A man was arrested on suspicion of robbery and taken in for questioning.
The two staff members were a man holding a two-way exit permit for mainland Chinese and a driver with a Hong Kong identity card. Neither was injured in the robbery.