Hong Kong police arrest 2 over HK$300,000 watch theft on inbound flight

Hong Kong police have arrested two people on suspicion of stealing a passenger’s watch worth HK$300,000 (US$38,380) on an inbound flight from Abu Dhabi on Thursday. The force said on Friday that a male passenger discovered a watch missing from his backpack in the overhead compartment and suspected it had been stolen. Police arrested a 40-year-old local woman and a 32-year-old man from mainland China. They remain in police custody for further investigation. Separately, a 69-year-old woman was...

By Fiona Chow