Armed Hong Kong toilet roll heist gang jailed

Toilet rolls became hot property in densely packed Hong Kong when the coronavirus first spread. - The Star

HONG KONG (AFP): Knife-wielding men who stole hundreds of toilet rolls during panic-buying shortages in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong were jailed for more than three years on Thursday (March 11).

The three were each sentenced to 40 months in prison over the armed robbery in February last year in which some 600 toilet rolls were taken, Mingpao newspaper reported.