A woman from the mainland has been arrested for engaging in an illegal currency exchange deal, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.
The 44-year-old suspect surnamed Chen told the police that she is jobless.
According to Leng, the police saw Chen and a mainland male gambler engaged in an illicit currency exchange transaction at a Cotai casino on Wednesday. Just as the duo were finalising the exchange, with the gambler transferring 19,300 yuan to Chen in exchange for her HK$20,000 in casino chips, police intercepted them and seized the casino chips from the gambler, along with HK$71,400 in casino chips and HK$100,000 in cash from Chen.
Under questioning, Chen told the police that she made 550 yuan from the transaction and said that she had earned 50,000 yuan since she began engaging in illicit exchange activities last month.
Chen was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday, facing an illegal currency exchange charge, according to Leng.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the mainland suspect to a PJ vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape. – Photo: William Chan
