A jewellery shop manager was questioned at a police station on Monday about the theft of HK$1.65 million in cash from his shop in Zape, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special press conference in Zape yesterday.
According to Lei, the 34-year-old local suspect is surnamed Chan. He told the police that he works as a manager of a jewellery shop in a shopping mall of a hotel in Zape. The female accomplice is from Jiangxi province. Her personal information was not revealed.
Lei said Chan reported the incident to the police after work on July 6 after he had been working alone in the shop earlier that day. Chan told the police that all the cash inside the cash register had been stolen when he went to the toilet. Chan reported a total loss of HK$1.65 million in cash.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded suspect to a police vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
