Hong Kong police are searching for a 12-year old girl who has allegedly made off with a $6million diamond necklace stolen during a robbery at a luxury jewellery shop on Saturday.
According to the South China Morning Post, two women
and a man and the young girl entered the Emperor Jewellery Shop at the 1882
Shopping Centre in Tsmin Sha Tsui before 3pm.
The adults apparently distracted the store’s staff
while the girl stole a key from the drawer, opened a cabinet display, and
slipped the 100-carat gold necklace, embedded with over 30 diamonds, into her
pocket. She was caught on CCTV footage
calmly walking out of the mall.
Detectives said the girl changed her appearance after
she left the shop, and got into a taxi to escape. The adults remained in the mall as if nothing
happened.
Staff only noticed the necklace was missing two hours
later.
“Initial investigations suggest the girl stole a key
from a drawer and then opened a display cabinet to steal the necklace when the
three adults – one man and two women – kept staff busy,” said a police source.
“The necklace was embedded with more than 30 diamonds totaling
about 100 carats. We were told it was worth about HK$36 million.
“The three adults posed as big spenders and demanded
employees show them jewellery in an apparent move to divert staff attention,”
they added.
No arrests have yet been made.
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