Five Armed Raids Occur Within Three Hours Armed crimes were on the increase in the Settlement last night, five robberies being reported to the police between 545 and 8 pin.
The frst crime within this period was committed by five men, three of whom carried pistols, at 5/685 Avenue Haig, where money and jewellery to ihe sum of $218 were stolen. At 615 p.m. another gang of five, three armed, robbed a house at 85/038 Ta-lung Road of property, the value of which was not ascertained last night. This was followed by a hold-up staged at 1561 Hart Road by three men, all armed, who stole $800 in cash, A suspect was later arrested by detectives of the Pootoo Road Police Station. At 715 pin., four men, two of whom "were armed, broke into 54 Kiaochow Road and, afier gathering $50 worth of property, were about to leave when an alarm was raised, The gunmen fired four shots and escaped, Nobody was hit, Another armed hold-up last night was staged at 8 p.m. by three men, one armed, at 112 Lao Yung Daung Loong, off Jessfield Road. where a quantity of clothing was stolen. The armed man fired two shots to scare the occupants upon departure.
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