Shanghai police is hunting four men suspected of robbing a local shop of jewellery worth 800,000 yuan (about US$100,000), according to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau yesterday.

Initial investigation showed that the four men drove to the jewellery store in Jiading District at 6:40 AM Sunday. Three of them, armed with knives, rushed into the store when a shop assistant, surnamed Zhang, just opened the door to do cleaning. The men bound up Zhang and took away a strongbox which contains jewellery worth 800,000 yuan.

Zhang reported the robbery to police at 7:24 AM, according to local public.

Investigation into the case is still under way.

(Shanghai Daily March 7, 2006)