On the 28th of last month, the police smashed a transnational prostitution syndicate that picked up customers from hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui. So far, 18 people have been arrested, including a 33-year-old female mastermind who smuggled into Hong Kong from the Mainland.
According to sources, the cunning and vigilant female mastermind escaped with money in advance, suspected of being tipped off by someone before the police launched an arrest operation.
Officers of the Kowloon West Regional Crime Squad spent more than 70 hours and finally arrested the female mastermind in a hotel room in Causeway Bay.
It is understood that after further investigation, the police suspected that a male police officer from the Tsim Sha Tsui division was involved in the case. He was arrested last night (7th) and will be detained overnight for investigation.
It is understood that the arrested male policeman did not receive any monetary benefits during the incident, and he has no financial difficulties. The police are investigating his relationship with the female mastermind.
A police spokesman confirmed that after in-depth investigations, the police arrested a 46-year-old local man in Ngau Tau Kok last night on suspicion of aiding and abetting, counseling and procuring illegal immigrants to stay in Hong Kong without the authorization of the Director of Immigration. The arrested man is a police officer. The Regional Crime Squad of Kowloon West is currently conducting follow-up investigations. The arrested man will be suspended from duty later.
The police emphasized that the police force attaches great importance to the conduct of personnel, and any violation of the law by personnel will not be tolerated or tolerated by the police force, and will be dealt with severely.
Before the police launched the arrest operation, the female leader of the prostitution group suspected that someone had tipped her off and fled with the money in advance.
(File photo/Photo by Chen Haoran)
The Regional Crime Squad of West Kowloon received a tip earlier, and after a week of deployment, it launched an arrest operation last Monday (28th) and raided five hotel rooms in the Tsim Sha Tsui area, arresting 17 people, including two core members and 15 prostitutes, including Russian and Japanese women.
However, the female mastermind in the case suspected that she had received a tip-off in advance, and she left the hotel room in Tsim Sha Tsui with 150,000 yuan before the police arrested her.
Afterwards, the serious crime team searched the CCTV clips and spent more than 70 hours respectively going to Hong Kong International Airport, Shenzhen Bay, Tai Kok Tsui, North Point, Causeway Bay and other places to trace the whereabouts of the female mastermind and expose her successively in just a few days. She changed three hotels and changed her disguise several times during her absconding. Finally, the police successfully arrested her in a hotel in Causeway Bay last Saturday (3rd) night.
According to sources, the police suspected that the woman seemed to be in control of the police's actions, and launched an in-depth investigation. They then arrested a police officer from the Tsim Sha Tsui Divisional Task Force last night (7th) and are investigating his relationship with the arrested person. relation.
The woman arrested in the case, surnamed Meng, 33 years old, was arrested on suspicion of "illegal entry", "using another person's ID card" and "controlling other people's prostitution".
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A 33-year-old woman surnamed Meng was arrested and taken back to the police station for questioning.
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▼On the 28th of last month, the police uncovered a prostitution group that used several hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui to pick up business▼
On the 28th of last month, Superintendent Zhong Yalun of the Crime Department of the West Kowloon Region of the Police and Senior Inspector Singh Gimandeep, the case supervisor, explained the case.
(File photo/Photo by Lin Zhenhua)
The 33-year-old female mastermind of the Tsim Sha Tsui prostitution syndicate case was arrested. The 33-year-old female mastermind was arrested for smuggling from the mainland and came to Hong Kong with multiple reports of lost ID cards. 17 people including Russian and Japanese girls