6 arrested over 51 million yen robbery in Hong Kong, with ‘mole’ among victims
Police chief Joe Chow says the six suspects include three Japanese men
Hong Kong police have arrested six suspects in connection with a 51 million yen (US$330,800) robbery outside a currency exchange shop, including a victim who allegedly acted as a mole in the plot.
Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Saturday that three Japanese men, a mainland Chinese man and woman, and a local man were detained.
“Two Japanese men reported to police that they were robbed [on Friday]. Upon investigation, we found that one of them was a mole who had offered information to another two Japanese men,” Chow said.
On Friday morning, two men allegedly fled with 51 million yen, equivalent to HK$2.58 million, outside a currency exchange shop in Sheung Wan.
A source earlier said that two employees of a Japanese currency exchange company flew to Hong Kong at around 7.30am on Friday and made an appointment to exchange about 190 million yen at the shop.
The pair, aged 27 and 51, had two backpacks and a suitcase. When they arrived at the money exchange shop in a taxi, one of their backpacks, which contained the 51 million yen, was snatched.