4 ex-warehouse workers jailed over plot to steal Chanel items worth HK$8.7 million

Four former Hong Kong warehouse workers have been jailed for up to seven years for conspiring to steal more than 800 unsold Chanel handbags and wallets worth at least HK$8.7 million (US$1.1 million). The High Court on Monday sentenced the four defendants over two foiled plots to steal from the French fashion house’s storage spaces at the Goodman Interlink warehouse in Tsing Yi between June 2016 and February 2017. The 691 handbags and 123 wallets were obsolete merchandise from Chanel’s 2014-15...

By Brian Wong