Macau’s Unitary Police Service (SPU), in conjunction with their counterparts in Guangdong and Hong Kong, carried out a joint anti-crime operation between June 22 and August 15, during which the local police forces detected 568 criminal cases, with 779 suspects being transferred to the judicial authorities for follow-up investigations.
Wrapping up the joint operation during a press conference on Friday at the SPU headquarters at China Plaza, Assistant to Commissioner-General of the Unitary Police Service Luis Leong Man Chio said that with the concerted efforts of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau police forces, “we have been able to effectively combat cross-border crimes as well as deter and curb various kinds of local unlawful acts, thus achieving the desired results”, adding that the Judiciary Police (PJ), Public Security Police (PSP) and the Macau Customs Service (SA) conducted more than 92,000 investigations during the trilateral operation, involving 13 organised crime cases, with 87 suspects arrested for illegal gambling operations, extortion, drugs, prostitution-related crimes, and online fraud.
Leong underlined that the SPU will continue to strengthen the police cooperation mechanism in the three regions, particularly in terms of exchanging information and cooperating in the investigation of suspected crime cases, making joint efforts to safeguard the security and stability of the three regions, noting that in a joint anti-crime operation conducted by the Guangdong and Macau police forces, local police officers arrested and transferred 57 mainlanders suspected of engaging in illegal currency exchange activities to the mainland police, involving about HK$1.92 million in cash and more than HK$700,000 in casino chips.
In the joint operation, according to Leong, the Judiciary Police, Public Security Police and Macau Custom Service officers detected 568 criminal cases, in which a total of 779 suspects were transferred to the judicial authorities for further investigations, among whom 34 have been remanded in custody. The police and customs officers seized valuables totalling about 11.3 million patacas, including more than 2.1 million patacas, HK$9.6 million and more than 210,000 yuan in cash as well as a number of foreign currencies worth about 130,000 patacas. The casino chips seized amounted to over HK$1.96 million, while the value of goods seized in violation of the External Trade Law stood at about 1.7 million patacas, including electric bicycles, cigarettes, dried seafood, electronic products, alcoholic bevereages and cosmetic products.
“The SPU will continue to pay attention to the public security situation in Macau and study new crime trends so as to adjust police strategies in a timely manner,” Leong stressed.
This undated handout photo provided by the Unitary Police Service (SPU) on Friday shows police officers inspecting a night club.
