Tokwawan supermarket burglary leaves HK$520,000 missing
Bastillepost · 4 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
A supermarket on Tam Kung Road in Tokwawan was reported burgled on the morning of Sunday, November 8, after a staff member found the rear door had been forced open. Initial police checks found that two safes inside the shop had been pried open and about HK$520,000 in cash was missing. Multiple reports identified the shop as Yau Shing Food Discount Supermarket, while one report gave the address as ground floor, 34 Tam Kung Road and another as 34-38E Tam Kung Road. The case was classified as burglary and handed to the Kowloon City district crime squad's Team 5 for follow-up, with no arrests reported.
Key Points
- Police received the report at about 9am, with one outlet specifying 9.43am, after a male staff member discovered the supermarket's rear door had been forced open.
- The caller was identified by one report as a 65-year-old male employee surnamed Chung, who suspected intruders had entered through the damaged back door
- Officers who arrived at the scene conducted an initial count and believed two safes inside the supermarket had been pried open.
- The cash missing from the two safes was estimated at about HK$520,000, according to initial police findings cited across all four reports.
- Commercial Radio reported that police reviewed closed-circuit television footage at the scene for evidence, while the investigation remained ongoing with no arrest made
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong retailers, the case underlines the financial risk posed by overnight break-ins when large amounts of cash are kept on premises. It also points to the importance of rear-door security, safe protection and surveillance footage in helping police reconstruct how burglars entered and targeted a shop.