Between 1.35 and 2.05 p.m. yesterday, four men, one of them armed with a pistol, entered a Chinese house at 64 Canton Road, intimidated the inmates and managed to make their getaway with: about $1,000 in bankies. Detectives from Central Station are investigating the case.
At 7 p.m. three armed thugs entered No. 7 Pakhoi Road and stole Jewellery worth $300, whilst at 845 pin. six men, one of them armed with a pistol held up a Chinese pedestrian On Ferry Road and relieved him of $24 in cash. Two hold-ups were staged at the same time last night when at 9 p.m. three thugs, two armed with pistols held up the inmates of a house at 440 Dalny Road and subsequently decamped with $12 in bank-notes, whilst on Chinghwa Road near Haiphong Road, a Chinese constable of the S.. M. P., who was off duty at the time, had to part with $17 that he had on his person at the time, when three men, two armed, faced him. He was also relieved of his police whistle and a key to the police telephone.
An armed robbery, which is at present being investigated by detectives from Pootoo Road station, was perpetrated in a Chinese home at 4731 Robison Road at 7.30 p.m, the value of the loot being not yet known.
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