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H.K. police detain 6 over suspected theft of watches from Ginza store
HONG KONG, Jan. 9 Kyodo -
Hong Kong police said Saturday they have arrested six people -- five from Hong
Kong and the remaining one from mainland China -- who were allegedly involved
in the theft of luxury watches and other items from a jewelry shop in the Ginza
shopping district in Tokyo during the New Year holidays.
Four of the six suspects -- three men and three women aged between 36 and 53 --
were arrested Thursday at two public housing estates in Hong Kong while the
other 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,'' organized crime superintendent Adrian
Kwan told reporters. ''We believe objects in the other parcel have been sold on
the market.''
The value of the stolen property amounts to about HK$18 million ($2.32
million), he said.
The investigation suggested that three of the suspects broke into the jeweler
in Ginza sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 and mailed the stolen items to
Hong Kong on Monday, before leaving Japan for Hong Kong the same day.
Kwan said police found the stolen items, including watches, rings, necklaces
and banknotes, inside the suspects' homes and safe deposit boxes in banks, and
among them 104 watches were confirmed stolen from the Tenshodo store in the
Ginza area.
The watches stolen included brand name products by Vacheron Constantin, Rolex,
Blancpain and Girard-Perregaux.
Kwan said the police will discuss the case with Japan's liaison officers in
Hong Kong next Monday. There is no extradition treaty between Japan and Hong
Kong.
In Tokyo, Japanese police were planning to send investigators to Hong Kong soon
to cooperate with the local police in pursuing the case, Japanese investigative
sources said.
In the theft, a hole was made in the first-story wall of the nine-story
building housing the Tenshodo store, and security cameras captured images of
two intruders inside the jewelry shop, which is in the basement of the
building.
According to the Japanese police, 194 watches worth about 245 million yen were
missing from the shop. Of these, the Japanese police have so far provided
serial numbers for 146 items to the Hong Kong police.
==Kyodo
Hong Kong police said Saturday they have arrested six people -- five from Hong
Kong and the remaining one from mainland China -- who were allegedly involved
in the theft of luxury watches and other items from a jewelry shop in the Ginza
shopping district in Tokyo during the New Year holidays.
Four of the six suspects -- three men and three women aged between 36 and 53 --
were arrested Thursday at two public housing estates in Hong Kong while the
other 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,'' organized crime superintendent Adrian
Kwan told reporters. ''We believe objects in the other parcel have been sold on
the market.''
The value of the stolen property amounts to about HK$18 million ($2.32
million), he said.
The investigation suggested that three of the suspects broke into the jeweler
in Ginza sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 and mailed the stolen items to
Hong Kong on Monday, before leaving Japan for Hong Kong the same day.
Kwan said police found the stolen items, including watches, rings, necklaces
and banknotes, inside the suspects' homes and safe deposit boxes in banks, and
among them 104 watches were confirmed stolen from the Tenshodo store in the
Ginza area.
The watches stolen included brand name products by Vacheron Constantin, Rolex,
Blancpain and Girard-Perregaux.
Kwan said the police will discuss the case with Japan's liaison officers in
Hong Kong next Monday. There is no extradition treaty between Japan and Hong
Kong.
In Tokyo, Japanese police were planning to send investigators to Hong Kong soon
to cooperate with the local police in pursuing the case, Japanese investigative
sources said.
In the theft, a hole was made in the first-story wall of the nine-story
building housing the Tenshodo store, and security cameras captured images of
two intruders inside the jewelry shop, which is in the basement of the
building.
According to the Japanese police, 194 watches worth about 245 million yen were
missing from the shop. Of these, the Japanese police have so far provided
serial numbers for 146 items to the Hong Kong police.
==Kyodo
