Four men and a woman were arrested on Wednesday for using forged documents to cheat the government’s continuing education subsidy scheme out of MOP 1.76 million (US$223,000), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a special press conference on Thursday.
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A local man and a Filipino were arrested this week for buying and selling a newly classified type of drug commonly known as “K2” with police seizing a total of 7.39 grammes of the drug with an estimated street value of MOP 22,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) Leng Kam Lon said during Thursday’s special press conference.
A female dealer was arrested on Sunday for stealing a HK$50,000 chip while on duty, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said at a regular press conference on Monday.
An unidentified woman was believed to have committed suicide by hanging herself in a cubicle in the women’s toilet at a McDonald’s outlet near the Barrier Gate border checkpoint on Tuesday.
A Filipino non-resident worker was arrested on Wednesday for suspected rape of a 53-year-old Filipina in her flat last Monday.
A local student was arrested last Saturday for raping and threatening his girlfriend, as well as holding her against her will, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kam Fai said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.
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.
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 38-year-old security guard from the Philippines was found unresponsive by his colleague at a satellite station in Coloane’s Hác Sá area on Sunday.