UPDATE: Six Held in H.K. Over Ginza heist
Hong Kong police said Saturday they have arrested six people — five from Hong Kong and one from mainland China — who were allegedly involved in the robbery of luxury watches and other items from a jewelry shop in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district during the New Year’s holidays.
The six suspects are three men and three women aged between 36 and 53. Two were arrested Thursday at two public housing estates in Hong Kong, while another two were arrested Friday at another public housing estate.
“We have retrieved about 180 watches from five of the six parcels sent by express mail from Japan to Hong Kong,” Adrian Kwan, organized crime superintendent, told reporters. “We believe objects in the other parcel have been sold on the market.”
The value of the stolen properties amounts to about 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.32 million), he said.
The investigation revealed that three of the suspects allegedly broke into the Tenshodo jeweler in Ginza sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 and mailed the stolen items to Hong Kong on Monday. The three left Japan for Hong Kong the same day.
Kwan said police found the stolen items, including watches, rings, necklaces and bank notes, inside the suspects’ homes and safe deposit boxes in banks, and among them 104 watches were confirmed stolen from the Tenshodo store in Ginza.
Kwan said the police will discuss the case with Japan’s liaison officers in Hong Kong on Monday. There is no extradition treaty between Japan and Hong Kong.
Source: The Japan Times
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Saw your update on FB, glad to hear they were caught, hopefully that will stop copycats from trying the same thing elsewhere!
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