The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested three male mainlanders on Saturday for stealing money from a charity organisation’s donation box, PSP spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Lam identified the three suspects as a farmer surnamed Chen and two men surnamed Le and Lu. Le and Lu told the police that they’re jobless. The trio, from Guangxi, are aged between 30 and 50.
According to Lei, while patrolling a religious site on Estrada Governador Albano de Oliveira in Taipa, the officers noticed the suspicious behaviour of the trio, where one of them approached the donation box at the religious site of the Four Faced Buddha with tools, presumably to steal money, while the other two acted as lookouts.
The officers intervened immediately, finding torches, rolls of adhesive tape, a retractable tape measure, hooks, as well as 1,000 patacas, HK$250 and 30 yuan on them.
Upon questioning, Chen and Le told the police that they had initially planned to commit a burglary but were tempted to commit theft upon discovering cash in the box. Lu denied the accusation.
The trio have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing theft charges, according to Lei.
This handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows evidence including banknotes, rolls of adhesive tape and retractable tape measure.
