Hong Kong store compensates clients after 66 Hermes handbags stolen in 5-minute robbery

A store in Hong Kong has compensated clients whose consigned Hermes handbags were stolen or damaged by thieves who made off with 66 products worth HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) in a five-minute robbery.

A spokesman for Ginza Xiaoma, the luxury goods resale store where the robbery took place, said on Saturday that the business had fully compensated consignors, in accordance with its consignment agreement.

Police said it received a report at 7.54am that three robbers had broken into the shop at New World Tower on Queen’s Road in Central, before smashing the glass display cabinets and taking the luxury items.

The trio was seen carrying three large white bags before fleeing the scene in a seven-seater car, the force added.

Police noted that 66 Hermes handbags, valued at about HK$10 million, were stolen in the break-in.

The shop is located on the building’s 17th floor and is known as a “Hermes speciality store”.