Man arrested for using private vehicle to pick up ‘passengers’ during T8

A local man was arrested over picking up passengers and collecting payments during Typhoon Signal No. 8 Monday.

When civilian police officers intercepted him, he tried to drive away and injured a policeman, according to authorities. The police said that during the typhoon, officers found a car carrying passengers with five people inside.

The vehicle stopped at the traffic light in the afternoon. Police officers signaled the driver to open the window, but the driver refused to cooperate and tried to drive away, knocking down a police officer in his 30s, causing injuries to his hands and feet and sending him to the hospital for treatment. 

Other police officers immediately stopped the driver. One of the passengers said that he paid MOP100 to take a white-plate car.

T8 was hoisted for over 17 hours, halting public transportation. With the two bridges in the city linking Taipa and the Macau peninsula closed, only the Sai Van Bridge was available for private vehicles. 

Civil servants suspected of MOP600,000 theft

Two female civil servants were suspected of stealing more than MOP600,000 in cash and property from an acquaintance’s workplace. The police received a report from a local woman that someone had broken into her house and taken more than MOP600,000 in property, including more than HKD200,000 in cash, gold jewelry, watches, ginseng, antler and seafood. Staff Reporter