A man and woman from the mainland have been arrested for stealing a concert ticket and then reselling it, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The male suspect surnamed Wang told the police that he is a salesman, while the female suspect surnamed Zhou told the police that she’s jobless. Both are in their fifties.
According to Kong, while a local resident was waiting to enter a concert hall at a hotel in Cotai on May 11, she felt that someone had bumped into her handbag and then discovered that two of her three tickets lay on the floor, while one had vanished. She reported the incident to the police.
The police soon identified a man who had used the stolen ticket to enter the concert. Under questioning, the man told the police that he purchased the ticket for HK$1,800 from Wang and Zhou.
The duo were apprehended earlier this month. They refused to cooperate.
Wang and Zhou have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing theft and fraud charges, according to Kong.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows PSP officers escorting the mainland female theft suspect to the a police station in Taipa.
