The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a woman from the Chinese mainland yesterday for stealing HK$160,000 (164,000 patacas) in cash from a hotel guestroom, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.
Cheong identified the suspect as a 32-year-old female surnamed Pu who claimed to be jobless.
According to Cheong, the police received a report on Monday from a middle-aged mainland man who said that his HK$160,000 in cash had been stolen from his hotel guestroom in Cotai.
Cheong noted that the victim had met Pu earlier and they travelled to Macau to gamble together on Tuesday, sharing a hotel guestroom. The next morning, when the victim woke up, he found that Pu had already left. Upon checking, he discovered that the HK$160,000 in cash in his coat pocket had vanished. Suspecting Pu had stolen the money, he immediately reported the case to the police.
The police discovered that after leaving the room, Pu went to another casino, where she gambled away HK$138,000 before returning to the Chinese mainland. The police intercepted her yesterday as she was re-entering Macau at the Hengqin checkpoint.
Pu was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday, facing a theft charge.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded theft suspect to a PJ van outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. – Photo: Ada Lei
