Police recover HK$30 million in gold swapped for fabric softener in hotel theft

South China Morning Post8 October 2026, 08:06 UTCHong Kong

Hong Kong police have recovered about HK$30 million worth of stolen gold and arrested two men in connection with an elaborate hotel-room swap in which 30kg of gold granules were replaced with eight bottles of fabric softener. The force said it received a report early on Wednesday from a mainland Chinese man who said about 30kg of gold granules, valued at roughly HK$30 million (US$3.8 million), were suspected to have been stolen from his luggage in a Kwun Tong hotel. The gold had been replaced...

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