Vehicles stolen after thieves pinch keys from safe in early morning raid

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Grand theft auto Hong Kong: Vehicles worth HK$1m stolen after thieves pinch keys from safe in early morning raid

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 29 October, 2015, 1:01pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 29 October, 2015, 6:47pm

Clifford Lo
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Three cars worth about HK$1 million in total were stolen from a ground-floor car park of Yau Luen Apartments in Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

A Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Toyota cars worth about HK$1 million in total were stolen from a Hong Kong car park in the early hours of this morning, according to police.

Police are searching for three men in connection with the case after they were filmed by surveillance cameras during the pre-dawn raid at the ground-floor car park of Yau Luen Apartments in Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po.

Car park staff called police shortly before 5.30am after finding the three vehicles missing.

Initial investigation showed the three suspects pried open a safe in the office of the car park, stole three sets of car keys along with HK$3,000, and drove the vehicles away, police said.

A Mercedes-Benz was among the cars stolen. Photo: Reuters

Security camera footage showed one of the three car thieves was wearing glasses, a black vest and dark-coloured trousers, according to police.

The second suspect was wearing a blue shirt and carrying a shoulder bag, while the third man was wearing a cap and a white long-sleeved shirt.

Police are treating the case as “theft” and “taking conveyance without authority”. Detectives from Sham Shui Po police district are investigating. So far, no one has been arrested.