Hapless Hong Kong criminals: seven robberies that went awry
- Crime doesn’t pay – that’s especially true for these criminals
- They took part in seven robberies in Hong Kong that didn’t go to plan
For every successful robbery, there is a good number that go badly wrong for luckless –or should that be hapless? – criminals.
In Hong Kong last month, a man tried to rob a store claiming he was carrying a bomb. The would-be robber demanded staff at a 7-Eleven in Kowloon’s Cheung Sha Wan neighbourhood to transfer HK$15,000 (US$1,900) into his WeChat Pay account. While he was busy lifting up his shirt to reveal a black object entwined with wires, the cashier managed to press an emergency button to alert police.
According to official statistics, Hong Kong police handled 102 reports of robbery across the city in the first seven months of this year – a drop of 36 per cent compared with the same period last year. We recall some of Hong Kong’s biggest criminal flops. .
1. Rucksack rampage
When the unarmed pair moved in to steal the rucksack, the victim put up a fight. A passer-by intervened and pinned the teenager to the ground until officers arrived and arrested him at the scene.
