A local woman was arrested on Thursday for cheating a female civil servant out of about MOP 1.04 million to purchase two properties in the UK.
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Fourteen suspects belonging to two gangs were recently arrested for smuggling codeine cough syrup from Macao to the mainland, and the local and mainland police seized 741 bottles in the operation.
A convenience store’s sales assistant was arrested on Monday for using MacauPass cards left by customers in the store.
Eight men and women comprising a doctor running a Western medicine clinic and seven people working for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacy including its licensee and a TCM practitioner were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a digital health voucher fraud of at least MOP 497,000.
The Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) announced on Wednesday that it has fined a local jewellery shop MOP 400,000 for illegal currency exchange activities.
Three mainlanders in Macao and four suspects in Zhuhai, including the suspected kingpin and other key members, were arrested early on Tuesday by the local and Zhuhai police respectively who had teamed up to smash a people-smuggling ring.
Police officers patrol the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, Thursday night to ensure that this year’s ban on the annual June 4 vigil in the area will be obeyed.
A non-resident worker was arrested for embezzlement of more than MOP 220,000 from a takeaway where he worked, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai during a regular press conference on Monday.
The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement Thursday night that two police officers and a retired police officer have been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for the “fake employment” of three Vietnamese women in Macau.