A non-resident worker (NRW) from India has been arrested for stealing a smartphone he found on the street, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon said at a regular press conference yesterday.
Wong said that the suspect, surnamed Happy, a gardener, is in his twenties.
According to Wong, the victim dropped her phone, worth 9,500 patacas, when she got out of her friend’s car near Praça de Ponte e Horta on Saturday. After failing to retrieve the phone herself and suspecting that it had been picked up by someone else, she reported the case to the police.
Police officers scrutinised their citywide CCTV surveillance system and identified Happy, whom they suspected to have picked up the phone. Happy was apprehended on Sunday afternoon in Rua do Almirante Sérgio.
Under questioning, he confessed to having picked up the phone, but claiming that his intention was to hand the phone in to the police after completing his work on Sunday night.
Happy has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a theft-by-finding charge, Wong said.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the theft-by-finding suspect from India being escorted by PSP officers to the Nam Van Police Station.
