The Macao police have apprehended two Hong Kong citizens having
allegedly committed over 100 burglaries in Macao within one year,
local media reported Monday.
The Macao Post Daily quoted police sources as saying
that the duo was caught red-handed when trying a cat burglary at a
residential estate in the city's Taipa area Saturday.
One of the suspects, surnamed Pang, told police during the
interrogations that the pair launched the crime spree for the
difficulty of seeking a job in Hong Kong, according to the
newspaper.
The suspects were believed to targeted high-rise residential
buildings in Taipa and the loot was estimated at a total value of
one million patacas (US$125,000), it reported.
(Xinhua News Agency August 29, 2006)
