40m yen stolen in Sheung Wan daylight robbery
Police are investigating a daylight robbery in Sheung Wan on Friday morning, in which two men were robbed of 40 million yen, or approximately HK$2 million. Officers said they received reports at around 9.47am that the two victims were targetted while alighting from a taxi at 272 Des Voeux Road Central. According to police, two assailants seized the currency and fled the scene in a private car. No weapons were reportedly used during the incident. This marks the second major yen robbery in the district in about a month. In the previous case, police arrested 15 people in connection with the alleged theft of one billion yen, or around HK$50 million, after two staff from a Japanese virtual currency and luxury-goods company were ambushed on their way to a currency exchange shop.