The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland on Wednesday on suspicion of robbing gambling chips from a female gambler from the mainland in a casino-hotel resort in Cotai, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said during a special press conference yesterday.
Yeung identified the 38-year old suspect as surnamed Gan and the victim as a 25-year-old surnamed Xu.According to Yeung, Xu met Gan for the first time earlier this week when Gan bought gambling chips from Xu. Early Wednesday morning, Gan asked Xu, on WeChat, to sell him chips worth HK$54,000 for 50,000 yuan. Xu agreed as she thought it was a profitable deal, Yeung said.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded chips robbery suspect from the PJ headquarters in Zape to a PJ vehicle yesterday. – Photo: Iong Tat Choi
