Police are searching for a mainland man after 27 shipping containers carrying frozen meat worth HK$22.8mil (RM11.49mil) were reported stolen in Hong Kong. The citywide manhunt started on Monday night after police received a report from the suspect’s two business partners – two mainland men – at about 6.30pm on Monday. Initial investigations showed the two mainland businessmen aged 31 and 44 reached a deal with the suspect to buy HK$22.8mil (RM11.49mil) worth of frozen beef from overseas, according to police. Crime-squad officers from Tuen Mun police district are handling the investigation. In Hong Kong, police handled 23,806 reports of theft last year, down 7.1 per cent compared with 25,628 cases in 2016.

Source: The Star February 06, 2018 11:26 UTC