Second man nabbed over Sheung Shui robbery

Police have caught a second suspect among a group of four who raided a jewelry store in Sheung Shui on January 1. The man, 29, will be charged with robbery.

Jewelry worth HK$1.5 million was stolen from a shop on San Fung Avenue by a group of people wielding knives and hammers who escaped in a private car that day.

Weapons believed to be linked to the raid were later found in a car involved in a crash on Lam Kam Road, while clothes and masks officers suspect were worn by the robbers were found on a nearby hillside.

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Police said they arrested the 29-year-old non-ethnic Chinese man in Mong Kok on Wednesday. He is expected to appear at Fanling Magistrates' Courts on Friday.

The first suspect was nabbed by police on the next day of the robbery. The suspect, a 23-year-old Pakistani man, had appeared in Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts on one count of robbery.