Hong Kong police are poring over surveillance camera footage to gather evidence after the equivalent of more than HK$110,000 (US$28,212) was stolen from a money exchange.
Officers arrived at CHK Exchange store on the second floor of Tai Wo Plaza in Tai Po at around 9.30am on Monday when staff members arrived for work and found the shop’s main door and a safe had been broken open.
“A preliminary count shows around 100,000 yuan [US$14,096] and several hundreds of Hong Kong dollars were stolen from the store,” a police spokesman said.
A source familiar with the case said officers were collecting evidence from surveillance cameras in an effort to identify the number of burglars involved and figure out their escape route.
Detectives from the Tai Po criminal investigation unit are handling the case.
Reports of burglary rose by 19.6 per cent to 684 between January and June of 2024 from 572 cases logged in the same period last year.
