Man who stole HK$400,000 Hermes handbag hunted by Hong Kong police
PUBLISHED : Friday, 02 October, 2015, 7:00am
UPDATED : Friday, 02 October, 2015, 8:51am
Danny Mok
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A Brand Off store (left) and a CCTV image of the suspect. Photos: SCMP Pictures
Police have launched a manhunt for a man who fled with a luxury handbag worth about HK$400,000 from a store in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Police said a man asked for a HK$398,000 Hermes Birkin crocodile-skin handbag at an outlet of the luxury second-hand chain Brand Off on Peking Road at about 9pm on Wednesday.
Staff gave chase after the man took the bag, but he escaped in a taxi.
Police launched a fruitless search for the suspect, who is said to be slim, aged 20 to 30 and a Cantonese speaker without an accent.
A Yau Tsim police district investigation team is probing the case.
A nearby outlet in the Holiday Inn Golden Mile lost 30 handbags worth HK$1.8 million in June when a four-member gang broke into the store, smashed the closet with a hammer and grabbed the bags.
