Duo arrested for fake-kidnapping extortion in Macao
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Macao's Judiciary Police have arrested two men who allegedly attempted to deceive a local couple through telephone into paying a ransom for their kidnapped son, the Macao Post Daily reported on Thursday.
The case was reported to the police after the couple received a phone call on Tuesday from one of the suspects, who demanded a ransom of 200,000 patacas (US$25,000) for their abducted son. The two suspects were arrested when the mother of the son in question delivered the ransom to them, the daily quoted a Judiciary Police spokesman as saying.
The two suspects include a 42-year-old unemployed man surnamed Wu from Taiwan and a 26-year-old young man from the Chinese mainland who worked at a local net cafe, according to the spokesperson.
The spokesperson also said that police have received reports of 12 similar cases in the past nine days, which may be masterminded by a large criminal group from Taiwan and coordinated by persons from the Chinese mainland in Macao.
The two suspects have been transferred to Macao's Public Prosecution Office for further investigation.
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