The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested an officer of the Macau Customs Service on Tuesday for cheating his friend out of HK$200,000, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a special press conference yesterday.
According to Ho, the alleged fraud involved a bank loan for the purchase of a car.
Ho identified the suspect as a 38-year-old local man surnamed Choi, who joined the Customs Service in 1998. Choi and the victim have been friends since secondary school.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded Customs Service officer wearing a face mask into a PJ vehicle outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. Courtesy TDM
