TechFlow News, June 18: According to the Sing Tao Daily, another gold robbery occurred in Hong Kong. A 36-year-old man reported being attacked and injured on his hands and legs with a knife at Level 1 of Parking Lot No. 3 at Hong Kong International Airport; his backpack containing six gold bars weighing a total of six kilograms was stolen. The value of the stolen gold is approximately HK$7 million. The Hong Kong Police Force disclosed the above information on the same day. Over the past year or more, Hong Kong has witnessed multiple high-value cash robberies involving gold or linked to gold trading:
1. In September 2025, over ten individuals broke into a goldsmith workshop located in an industrial building in Hung Hom, stealing approximately 65 kilograms of gold bars and gold powder valued at around HK$59 million.
2. On December 18, 2025, two employees from a Japanese company were robbed by three knife-wielding assailants near a currency exchange shop in Sheung Wan while alighting with ¥1 billion in cash.
3. On March 20, 2026, a jewelry store on Chung On Street in Hung Hom was robbed of 73 kilograms of gold bars valued at approximately HK$100 million.
