BlockBeats news, on February 1, according to Caixin, from January 29 to 30, within less than 24 hours, Japan's Tokyo, known for its good public security, and Hong Kong, China, experienced a series of robberies targeting large amounts of Japanese yen cash, with the amounts involved being as high as 420 million yen (approximately 19 million RMB) and 51 million yen (approximately 2.29 million RMB).

Approximately 6 hours after the incident, the police arrested 3 suspects at Hong Kong International Airport on charges of 'robbery' as they were about to leave the country. At the same time, 2 staff members at a virtual currency exchange shop in Tsim Sha Tsui were arrested, one of whom is a 28-year-old local man and the other a 29-year-old man from mainland China. They are suspected of assisting the robbers in handling part of the stolen money. Preliminary intelligence analysis indicates that the relevant Japanese company may be profiting by carrying Japanese yen cash to Hong Kong to exchange for Hong Kong dollars and then purchasing tax-free goods in Hong Kong to exploit the tax price difference between the two regions.