By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-01-31 08:36:34 | Updated at 2025-01-31 10:35:38
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The operator of a famous Hong Kong cable car attraction will “actively cooperate” with authorities in their crackdown on illegal ticket sales after two people were arrested over hawking without a licence.
Ngong Ping 360 also told the Post on Friday it earlier detected “suspicious” transactions involving mass purchases on online platforms and that two accounts had been suspended this month.
On Thursday, police and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said they arrested a man, 49, and a woman, 21, on suspicion of illegally selling Ngong Ping 360 cable car tickets.
During the joint operation, police officers discovered the pair’s illegal activity after they disguised themselves as customers to gather evidence at stalls along Mei Tung Street in Tung Chung, near the cable car’s terminal.
The suspects were charged with illegal hawking without licence and causing obstruction in public place.
Department staff seized items such as cable car ticket redemption vouchers, price tags and an Octopus Mobile Point-of-Sale device.
