The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from Hong Kong on Monday for burgling two residential flats in Taipa earlier this month, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that the suspect committed the two burglaries after losing money in local casinos.
The police also arrested the suspect’s girlfriend on the same day for giving the police a false alibi, according to Choi.
Choi identified the man as a 37-year-old surnamed Wong and his girlfriend as a 39-year-old surname Wen from the mainland.
According to Choi, both burglaries happened in low-rise buildings. The suspect burgled the two flats after the two victims had left Macau. The first victim lost a tablet computer and cash – worth a total of 15,300 patacas, while the second victim lost two expensive watches and cash – the total loss was about 80,000 patacas.
Cash and valuables stolen by the burglary suspect from Hong Kong are displayed in a pressroom of the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters yesterday. Iong Tat Choi
