HK$270,000 in cash and valuables, including Cartier watch, stolen in burglary at Hong Kong home, police say
- Officers checking security camera footage of incident at ground floor home at Ha Che Tsuen house on Fan Kam Road in Pat Heung area of Yuen Long
- Cartier watch valued at about HK$100,000, two handbags and a wallet worth total of HK$80,000 stolen along with HK$90,000 in cash, police say
Hong Kong police are investigating a burglary at a home in the New Territories, where HK$270,000 (US$34,516) in cash and valuables, including a Cartier watch, were stolen.
Officers were on Monday checking security camera footage of the break-in at a ground floor home at a Ha Che Tsuen house on Fan Kam Road in the Pat Heung area of Yuen Long, after the theft was reported at about 3am by a 26-year-old man.
“The man returned to the flat and found the door of his parents’ bedroom wide open, with signs of ransacking,” a source familiar with the case said.
The insider said investigations suggested the thief entered the flat through the bathroom window which had its mesh screen forced open.
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The source added the watch, valued at about HK$100,000, two handbags and a wallet worth a total of HK$80,000, were stolen, along with HK$90,000 in cash.
The break-in happened after the man left the flat about 5pm on Sunday.
The man lives with his parents, who are away on holiday.
Detectives from the Yuen Long divisional investigation unit are handling the case.
No arrests had been made by Monday morning.
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Police handled 1,354 reports of burglary last year, a 52.8 per cent rise from the 886 cases logged in 2022.
The city recorded 90,276 cases of crime in 2023, a 28.9 per cent jump compared with the previous year.
The overall detection rate, or the proportion of crimes solved, was 31.1 per cent.
Authorities have said they plan to install 615 cameras in public areas around the city by March, with 2,000 expected to be operational by the end of the year.
The police said the cameras, to be focused on densely-populated areas and high-crime zones, would help ensure the safety of the public.
