Money, jewellery and clothing to the amount of $700 were stolen from a Chinese house at 8 Chu Kaung Li, Fokien Road, at 8 p.m. yesterday by five men, three of whom were armed with pistols, After the robbers had already escaped, a report was made to the police. Ten minutes earlier, one man armed with a pistol broke into a tea shop at 576 Connaught Road. Having intimidated the occupants, the man stole a tin box containing only $8.30 and left.
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