A female Indonesian non-resident worker (NRW) has been arrested for stealing a dozen boxes of perfume containing small bottles from a local shop, Public Security Police (PSP) Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.
The 25-year-old suspect surnamed Merissa works as a waitress.
According to Lam, the police received a report from an employee of a shop on the city’s main square, Largo do Senado, that a woman had stolen two bottles of perfume worth 1,520 patacas in total.
The police identified Merissa as the suspect and intercepted her in Cotai on Thursday. Subsequently, the police found 11 boxes of perfume with labels of the shop still intact in her flat in the city centre.
Under questioning, Merissa told the police that she had stolen a total of 12 boxes of perfume worth 10,790 patacas on several occasions, and gifted one of them to her compatriot who had already left Macau.
Merissa has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a theft charge.
This undated photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows evidence including boxes of perfume stolen by the Indonesian suspect.
