Domestic helper arrested over theft of $800,000 in jewellery

A 33-year-old female domestic helper has been arrested over the theft of about HK$800,000 worth of jewellery from a flat in Tung Chung.



Police received a report at 9.57pm on Sunday from a 59-year-old foreign male resident who found the jewellery missing from his unit at Caribbean Coast in Tung Chung.



After preliminary investigation, the helper was arrested on suspicion of theft and is being detained.



The case has been handed to the Lantau police district crime investigation team.