Hong Kong police have arrested four people among them a 10-year-old boy in connection to a luxury watch shop heist on Monday afternoon.
Local news sources indicated that the boy was allegedly paid $870 to skip school and join the gang in the robbery.
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It is reported that the boy wore a jacket over his school uniform during the heist and made away with luxury watches worth $642,906.
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The robbery
During the ordeal, he and one other robber held a knife to threaten staff at the shop as the third broke the glass counter for them to take the watches.
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After grabbing twenty watches the gang is said to have made their getaway using a Toyota vehicle that was driven by the fourth suspect.
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It is also reported that the boy is a Pakistani who joined his parents in Hong Kong in 2018.
The arrest
On Monday evening Hong Kong police nubbed a 19-year-old Pakistani man after he was found in possession of the watches.
This led to a domino effect that led to the arrest of the other suspects.
Later that night, officers arrested a 17-year-old Pakistani Hong Kong identity card holder, who was believed to be the brother of one of the suspects.
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On Wednesday, another minor a 14-year-old Indian boy was arrested after a raid in a guest house in Yuen Long, he is suspected to be among the suspects.
The 10-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday a day after the robber as he was coming from school.
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Police have also found the car that was believed to have been used in the robbery.
The car was found in Kowloon Bay. A knife and two hammers were recovered from the vehicle.