Hong Kong police hunt for burglar who stole HK$1.7 million in high-end handbags, including Chanel, Hermes brands, from Tsim Sha Tsui store in 1 minute

The insider said a shopkeeper, 28, received a call from security company staff when the alarm was triggered.

“She checked the security camera app on her mobile phone and discovered a man ransacking her shop,” he said. “She immediately called the police.”

The online footage shows the thief wearing a cap and a face mask to conceal his identity and grabbing the handbags from two display cabinets and putting them in a black travel bag.

The burglar fled before police arrived. Officers combed the area, but no arrests were made.

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According to a police spokesman, 12 handbags worth HK$1.7 million, as well as HK$100 in cash, were snatched from the shop.

The Post learned that the stolen items included Hermes and Chanel brands.

The force said the burglar was 1.7 metres (5.6 feet) tall. He was wearing a blue hoodie and dark trousers, and carrying a black travel bag.

Footage from another security camera showed a man of a similar description leaving the building at around 8.35pm with a backpack and a black travel bag.

Police are treating the incident as a burglary, with detectives from the Yau Tsim criminal investigation unit handling the case.

On Friday last week, four watches worth HK$980,000 were stolen from a 53-year-old businessman’s home at Lakeview Garde in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin.

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On January 14, HK$160,000 in cash and jewellery was stolen from the residence of Hong Kong actress Elvina Kong Yan-yin in the Ting Kau area of Tsuen Wan.

Hong Kong recorded a 51.9 per cent increase in the number of burglaries in the first 10 months of last year.

The number of break-ins rose to 1,100 between January and October in 2023, from 724 cases logged over the same period the year before.