Police are urging people robbed after being followed out of lifts on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon West to come forward, after the arrest of a 36-year-old man on May 10.

He is suspected to be connected to robberies from March to May in which elderly women were followed out of lifts and grabbed from behind.

Victims of similar robberies in the past two months should contact investigators on 2548 2657.