Crime | Mainland woman nabbed for aggravated theft after half a year at large

Local police arrested a woman from the mainland last Friday who has been at large since February, when she allegedly stole HKD15,000 worth of cash from a male friend in his hotel room, according to the Judiciary Police (PJ).
It has been alleged that the suspect, aged 40 and surnamed Niu, contacted the 43-year-old victim over the phone at 4:00 a.m. on February 14 after she learnt that he was visiting Macau at the time. The pair spent a couple of hours gambling in the casino of the man’s hotel before heading to the victim’s room to rest at 8:00 a.m.
The man, also from the mainland, woke up two and a half hours later, realizing that his friend had left the room. Alerted by her sudden departure, the mainlander then discovered that the cash he was keeping inside his closet had gone missing and called the police. However, the suspect had already fled the territory for her hometown, Anhui.
The PJ officers arrested the suspect on August 14 upon her undocumented arrival into Macau. The suspect admitted to the theft and confessed that all of the ill-gotten money had already been gambled away.
In a separate case, an illegal immigrant was apprehended by the Public Security Police Force last Thursday for attempting to bribe a police officer into releasing her after she was caught in the street under suspicion of illegally entering the city.
The suspect, surnamed Wang, who spent RMB5,500 in order to illicitly enter the region on August 11, grabbed HKD3,000 worth of banknotes from her handbag and shoved them into the officer’s hands, hoping to be immediately released. The incident occurred near the Hotel Fortuna. She claimed that she was intending to visit the local casinos.

Mainlanders nabbed using drugs in hotel room

Three male mainlanders are facing prosecution after being found taking drugs in their hotel room in the Nape area by local police last Thursday. According to the authorities, the trio has admitted that they were in possession of the 1.72 grams of methamphetamine discovered inside a cabinet drawer in the room. The incident was discovered after one of the suspects failed to show his identification card to the police during a regular patrol.