A male casino dealer was arrested on Friday for stealing chips at least six times worth HK$310,000 in total since June, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a special conference on Friday.
The 37-year-old local suspect, surnamed Chan, had been working as a dealer in a casino in Cotai since October 2011.
According to the spokesperson, a staff member of a casino in Cotai reported to PJ officers stationed at the casino last Wednesday that a male casino dealer was suspected of stealing chips while he was working that day.
The Judiciary Police scrutinised the casino’s CCTV footage from early Friday morning and discovered that he stole six HK$10,000 chips which the suspect hid in his underwear, when PJ intercepted him on the spot.
Under questioning, Chan admitted that he had stolen chips five times previously worth HK$250,000 in total starting from June, stealing HK$50,000 each time, adding that after pilfering the chips each time, he hid the chips in his locker and smuggled them out of the casino later.
The Judiciary Police seized the HK$60,000 in chips he had on him, and HK$100,000 in chips in his flat. Chan told the police that he had gambled HK$150,000 of the stolen chips away.
Chan was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) last Friday, facing an aggravated theft charge, according to the spokesperson.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded theft suspected from the PJ headquarters in Zape to a PJ vehicle yesterday. – Photo courtesy of TDM
