4 more suspects arrested over HK$7 million gold bar robbery at Hong Kong airport

Police have arrested four more suspects linked to a high-profile knifepoint robbery in Hong Kong following a joint cross-border operation, though the stolen gold bars remain missing.

The force shared an update on its investigations on Monday, after a 36-year-old local man, carrying a backpack loaded with six gold bars weighing about 6kg (13.2lbs) and valued at HK$7 million (US$893,200), was ambushed by three knife-wielding assailants at Hong Kong International Airport’s car park 3 early on Thursday.

The attackers slashed his arms and legs before escaping towards Tung Chung in a getaway car with fake licence plates.

The victim was employed by a mainland Chinese businessman and tasked with transporting gold from Indonesia back to Hong Kong.

Local police initially rounded up nine suspects, aged 19 to 39, including the alleged getaway drivers and accomplices.

Eight have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery or other offences and appeared at Sha Tin Court on Monday morning, while a woman was released on bail.

Hong Kong authorities also disclosed on Monday that the four latest suspects were apprehended by mainland police in connection with the heist, bringing the total arrests to 13.