Crime | If you drink don’t drive… Or ask someone else to drive you

A local resident and car owner was the victim of an unusual theft after he was driven by an unknown person, the Judiciary Police (PJ) informed in a press conference held yesterday at its headquarters.
This unusual story starts with a man (30) “doing the right thing,” according to the PJ. As he had drunk multiple alcoholic drinks in a hotel bar in the NAPE area, he decided around 4:00 a.m. last Saturday that he was not in a condition to drive home.
But the praiseworthy attitude was not rewarded as he expected.
He asked an unidentified person in the hotel to drive his car to the car park of the Macao Science Center, which the person did.
During the short trip, the car owner fell asleep only to wake around 9:30 a.m. inside his car in the parking lot.
He decided that he was now in an acceptable condition to drive and so proceeded to return home.
However, shortly afterward he realized that his wallet was open and missing a sum of money that he claimed was inside.
The man filed a complaint to the PJ claiming to have been the victim of a theft of some MOP47,000 in different currencies (MOP, HKD and RMB).
For the time being there are still no suspects, but the PJ says it is investigating the case.
In a separate case, the police informed that in the early hours of August 19 a man (20) noticed that his mobile phone was missing after leaving a Karaoke Bar in the NAPE area.
Using another phone he tried to call his missing phone without success.
A few hours later (around 11:00 a.m.) he received a call from his phone number. On the other side of the line was a man claiming to have found his phone but asking the sum of RMB500 as compensation in exchange for returning it.
The amount should be transferred to a WeChat wallet account, a condition the victim accepted and performed accordingly. However he did not receive his phone, but instead a second call from the same man demanding more money.
The complainant then decided to file a complaint to the PJ claiming a total loss of MOP6,000 (phone) and RMB500 (compensation paid).
The case is also being currently investigated.

Group of three caught loaded with stolen goods

A group of three men from Mongolia was caught at the Border Gate Square with luggage full of stolen goods from several shops in the peninsula and islands, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) informed in press conference yesterday.
According to the police report, the men were acting suspiciously, carrying heavy luggage into the Border Gate area around 7:00 p.m. on August 20.
Approached by the officers on duty in the area, the men were requested to open their luggage. Inside was discovered a large quantity of new clothes, wine bottles, shoes, phone chargers, bags and foods.
The majority of the clothing items still had their anti-
shoplifting alarms attached; a indication of the origins of the products.
Also found with the stolen merchandize were shopping bags with their interiors modified to include metallic foil paper with the apparent purpose of disguising the goods from alarm systems at shop exits.
Further questioning at the police station found that the men holding valid tourism visas had come to the territory with the purpose of stealing high-value goods intended for resale in Mainland China.They claimed to be living with financial difficulties and performed the robberies in order to raise money so that they could return home.
The thefts occurred across several shops in Cotai and the Border Gate area and in supermarkets in Taipa.
The total value of the stolen products is said to amount to MOP22,000.
The men were presented to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) accused of aggravated theft.