A man from the mainland has been apprehended for theft-by-finding, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The suspect surnamed Ruan is in his forties.
According to Lai, when a tourist was visiting a Taipa shopping mall last month, a security guard approached and told him that cash had dropped from his jacket. He picked up the cash but discovered that HK$12,000 was missing. After searching with no avail, he reported the incident to the police.
The police identified Ruan as the suspect and arrested him when he re-entered Macau through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge checkpoint on Thursday.
Under questioning, he admitted to having picked up the money but claimed that since he could not find the owner at that time, he took the cash to his flat in the mainland and left it there.
Ruan has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a theft-by-finding charge, Lei said.
This undated photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows two police officers escorting the theft-by-finding suspect to a police station in Taipa.
