Two armed robberies took place on Thursday, property to the value of 81,900 being stolen. Five men armed with knives and one with a pistol made off with $400 from a house in Harbin Road, and another gang entered a house in Miller Road where several shots were fired and money and goods to the value of $1,500 stolen.
Earlier in the evening the theft of jewellery worth $400 took place at 130 North Szechuen Road, a foreign residence,
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