A man from the mainland was arrested on Thursday for theft by finding after stealing 47,000 patacas, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Lei identified the suspect as a non-resident worker (NRW) in his forties surnamed Xu who works in food manufacturing.
According to Lei, the Public Security Police (PSP) received a report on August 10 from a local woman who said that her son had dropped 47,000 patacas in cash near the Barrier Gate Square. The woman also told the police that she had given the cash to her son to take to the mainland for her daughter’s school expenses. Suspecting that someone had taken it, she immediately reported the case to the police on her son’s behalf after searching for the cash, to no avail.
Lei noted that through citywide CCTV surveillance footage, the police identified Xu as the suspect and arrested him on Thursday near Rua do Mercado de Iao Hon (市場街).
Under questioning, Xu admitted to stealing the 47,000 patacas out of greed and claimed that he had already spent part of the money. The police seized 37,500 patacas from Xu.
Xu has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a charge of theft by finding.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows a PSP officer escorting the theft suspect into a police station.
