Hong Kong police hunt for man who used key to steal HK$10,000 from claw machines

Hong Kong Police are searching for a man who used a key to steal about HK$10,000 (US$1,275) from four claw machines’ deposit boxes at a store on Sunday.The force said that the store owner, a 46-year-old man surnamed Cheung, had filed a police report at around 11.10am after witnessing the theft via surveillance cameras in the shop at 159 Tai Kok Tsui Road.Cheung said he saw a man in his thirties use a key to open deposit boxes in four claw machines and make off with the money.Police are currently working to identify the man and determine how he came into possession of the key.CCTV footage circulating online shows a man in a black cap and T-shirt with white shorts and shoes entering the unstaffed claw machine shop at around 7.35am and scouting the area.The man, who appears to have a tattoo on his right arm, then pulls out a bunch of keys from his pocket and tries using one of them to open a claw machine’s deposit box.After the first key fails, he tries another and successfully opens the drawer, pulling out the deposit box and pouring all the money into a black bag.