Gang of four mainland Chinese arrested for attempted burglary in Hong Kong
Suspects thought to be linked to series of burglaries were nabbed after recent return to city
A gang of four men from Guangxi thought to be behind a series of burglaries in Hong Kong were arrested in a local police raid on Friday night.
The men, aged between 24 and 37, arrived in the city with two-way permits and were intercepted after they attempted to burgle a Royal Castle independent house on Pik Sha Road in Tseung Kwan O.
Police believed they were linked to a series of burglaries that involved upscale houses in Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories.
The force was mounting an anti-burglary operation along Clear Water Bay Road on Friday afternoon when officers saw four men looking suspicious and fleeing to a bush after getting off a bus at the Hung Uk house on the same road.
They later received a report at 8.30pm from a female security guard at the independent house, who claimed that a group of four attempted to burgle the residence but ran away when they saw her.
Officers searched along Pik Sha Road and Clear Water Bay Road and discovered the group inside Hung Uk where they were earlier seen by policemen in the afternoon.
