Around 17 lockers at the Kowloon East police headquarters were broken into on Sunday night, with at least HK$1,650 stolen, local media reported.
According to HK01, the burglary happened at a male changing room on the 11th floor. When a police officer returned to his locker after his shift at around 11pm, he found out the locker door had been prised open and he lost around HK$1,650. The officer reportedly checked the locker earlier that afternoon.
The officer then reported the incident and a primary investigation found that a total of 17 lockers had been broken into, and 10 of them showed evidence of being forced open, according to Sing Tao.
The newspaper cited sources in saying that a police officer had been arrested. However, the Police Public Relations Branch told HKFP that the Organised Crime Unit of the Kowloon East headquarters were investigating the incident and no one has been arrested yet.
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