Hong Kong police arrest boy, 13, and man, 19, over theft of minibus
- Officers still hunting for third teenage suspect in connection with minibus allegedly taken on joyride from Mong Kok to Sheung Shui
A 13-year-old and a 19-year-old have been arrested in connection with stealing a Hong Kong minibus, with police hunting for another teenage suspect.
The force said on Sunday the boy and the man were detained for allegedly driving without a licence and insurance, as well as taking a conveyance without authority.
The third suspect was said to be a 15-year-old boy.
A minibus driver, identified only by the surname Shum, reported the vehicle missing at around 7am after he found it was no longer parked on Sai Yeung Choi Street South in Mong Kok, where it had been left.
Officers later found the minibus about 30km (19 miles) away on Choi Yuen Road near Sheung Shui MTR station and arrested the pair nearby.
The third suspect is believed to have left before police arrived.
Police said alcohol was not detected in tests taken during the arrests and no injuries were reported.
Police in January arrested one of two suspects over a HK$250,000 hold-up.
Officers found a car, said to have been stolen from the victims, crashed into a lamp post in the New Territories and abandoned.
The force also detained three men in December last year on suspicion of faking a carjacking incident in a bid to steal HK$28 million worth of iPhones.
