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Hong Kong police are hunting four men involved in the robbery of a watch shop after 120 items worth HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) were stolen.
Police on Sunday morning received a report about three masked suspects dressed in black and armed with knives and a hammer raiding the outlet on Kai Fat Path in Tuen Mun at 11.35am before escaping in a car driven by an accomplice.

Hong Kong police are hunting four men involved in the burglary of a watch shop in Tuen Mun pic.twitter.com/iqdRgZx5RN
— SCMP Hong Kong (@SCMPHongKong) May 14, 2023

About 120 watches totalling HK$15 million were stolen, according to initial investigations, with exact losses to be confirmed later.
A manhunt is under way for the three robbers, aged between 30 and 40, and a driver who helped them escape. Police said no one was injured in the incident.
Another suspect arrested over HK$10 million Hong Kong watch store robbery
The force arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of armed robbery in connection with a similar case in Kwun Tong on Friday, Inspector Miriam Yu Wai-sim said on Saturday evening.
Police had received a report of a black-clad man armed with a hammer and a handgun raiding a jewellery store on Mut Wah Street.
He made off with a seven gram-gold bracelet worth HK$5,714 and pawned the item later that day, according to the force.
Officers were able to identify him and launched a manhunt that included contacting his co-workers, family members and friends. The suspect turned himself in later on Friday.
In March, a watch shop in Tsim Sha Tsui was ransacked by four robbers dressed as construction workers, who stole 46 watches worth more than HK$10 million in three minutes.
Police said they threatened a 37-year-old man in charge of the shop with two 30cm (11.8 inch) butcher knives before getting into a private car and fleeing the scene.
Police last year received 77 reports of robberies, down 37 per cent from the 123 reported in 2021. Robbery and burglary cases were at their lowest in 2022 since records began in 1969, it said.


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Suspects broke into shop, armed with knives and hammer, and fled in getaway car
Police say 120 watches snatched in Tuen Mun case at 11.35am


Suspects broke into shop, armed with knives and hammer, and fled in getaway car.


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Hong Kong police hunt 4 in HK$15 million watch shop robbery after 120 items stolen

Suspects broke into shop, armed with knives and hammer, and fled in getaway car Police say 120 watches snatched in Tuen Mun case at 11.35am

Suspects broke into shop, armed with knives and hammer, and fled in getaway car

Police say 120 watches snatched in Tuen Mun case at 11.35am