6 arrested over 58 million yen theft in Hong Kong, including mole among victims

Hong Kong police have arrested six suspects linked to a 58 million yen (US$376,600) robbery outside a currency exchange shop, including one victim who allegedly served as a mole in the plot.Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Saturday that the six people – five men and a woman – arrested were three Japanese men, two mainlanders and a local resident.“Two Japanese men reported to police that they were robbed [on Friday]. Upon investigation, we found that one of them was a mole, who offered information to another two Japanese men,” he said after inspecting a passing-out parade at the Police College in Wong Chuk Hang.On Friday morning, two men were suspected of having robbed 58 million yen, equivalent to HK$2.94 million, outside a currency exchange shop in Sheung Wan.A source earlier said that two employees of a Japanese money exchange company flew to Hong Kong at around 7.30am on Friday and made an appointment to exchange about 190 million yen at the shop.Commissioner of Police Joe Chow says one suspect is a mole who acted as a victim. Photo: Jelly TseThe pair, aged 27 and 51, had two backpacks and a suitcase. When they arrived at the money exchange shop in a taxi, one of their backpacks containing 58 million yen was snatched.