Three suspects arrested for financial scams and drug activities

The Judiciary Police (PJ) reported two cases in the joint press briefing of the police forces, including a financial scam case involving the loss of MOP144,200, along with a drug case.

In the financial scam case, the victim met the female suspect through the introduction of a friend in May. The suspect, surnamed Fang, is a 47-year-old unemployed mainland resident.

Fang told the victim that they could provide a money exchange service.

From March to April, using the services provided by Fang, the exchanged money twice to an overall total of HKD68,000.

After this, the victim continued to contact Fang and transfer money for the purpose of currency exchange many times.

Despite the attempts at contact, Fang did not respond to the victim.  

After the victim reported the incident to the police, the PJ arrested Fang on August 22 at Qingmao Port.

Fang claimed that she defrauded the victim because her mainland company had funding and loan problems that she did not have enough money to resolve.

All money scammed from the victim was used for loan repayments.

The PJ referred the suspect to the Public Prosecutions Office on the charge of fraud on August 23.

Drug case involving MOP4,700 uncovered

Two suspects have been arrested with a total of MOP4,700 found on their person.

The two suspects, a 31-year-old and a 22-year-old respectively, share the same last name of Nguyen. The suspects are unemployed Vietnamese male residents.

The PJ discovered that the two suspects were dealing drugs to addicts.

After investigating, the PJ arrested the first suspect near his home on the afternoon of August 22, but no drugs were found on his person.

Then, the PJ followed the first suspect back to his residential unit where they arrested the second suspect.

Meanwhile, two packs of ice (methamphetamine), weighing approximately 1.06 grams, and six “ecstasy” pills (MDMA) were found. These substances and quantities have a street value of approximately MOP1,000 and HKD1,000 respectively. Tools used for drugs consumption, packaging and dissembling were also found.

During the inspection, two suspects admitted to a drug habit, but refused to disclose the source of the seized drugs and the tools.

In this case, a total of MOP4,700 cash was found.

The PJ believed that the suspects had been engaged in drug activities for over three months, and transferred suspects to the Public Prosecutions Office on the morning of August 23 on charges of illicit trafficking of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, illicit consumption of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and inappropriate possession of tools or equipment. staff reporter