Hong Kong police looking for man who allegedly stole HK$800 food delivery at bus station

Hong Kong police are searching for a suspected taxi driver after he allegedly stole a food delivery order worth HK$800 (US$103) from a bus station bench in Discovery Bay on Thursday morning.

The force said it received a report at 7.19am from a male food delivery worker who said that boxes of food he had placed on a bus station bench had been stolen.

“At about 5.30am this morning, the delivery worker was supposed to deliver four boxes of food. During which, he placed them on a bench at a bus station,” a police spokeswoman said.

According to the force, the delivery worker boarded a bus without taking the food.

“After about 10 minutes, he returned to the bus station and found that the takeaway was missing,” police said.

The force said it was looking for a man who had allegedly taken the food before driving away in a taxi.

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