Police nab man for cheating gambler out of HK$1.3 million

A mainland man was arrested on Sunday for defrauding a pawn shop in Macau out of HK$54,000 by hocking counterfeit gold jewellery, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a press conference yesterday.The suspect is a 33-year-old man surnamed Wang, who told the police that he works as a waiter.According to Leng, a pawnshop in Taipa reported to the police on Thursday that a mainlander had pawned a fake gold chain for HK$54,000.The pawnshop staff initially did not find any abnormality

A British man stole a torch and a hairdryer from a hotel in the city centre and broke a rubbish bin in the hotel’s corridor, causing the hotel to incur a loss of about 9,800 patacas after the two parties failed to reach an agreement over the suspect’s mistake of overpaying for his room.Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday that the suspect, surnamed Lyall, who is in his thirties, checked into the hotel on October 6 and renewed