Police say man, 52, was transporting items when white car collided with his vehicle in Sheung Shui and gang of four robbers attacked him and stole valuable metal. Driver pursued gang despite suffering head injuries, recovering backpack containing 10 containers holding 10kg of powdered substance believed to be rhodium. — SCMP
An injured delivery driver in Hong Kong managed to recover about HK$12mil (RM7.28mil or US$1.5mil) worth of suspected rhodium powder, the world’s most valuable metal, after he was ambushed by a gang of robbers in Sheung Shui on Tuesday.
Police said the 52-year-old man was transporting the valuable cargo when a white car on Tin Ping Road, outside the Woodland Crest residential estate, suddenly accelerated and collided with the delivery vehicle at around 5.30pm.
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