A man from the mainland was arrested on Friday for using drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Un Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The 53-year-old suspect surnamed Zhang claimed to be a businessman.
According to Cheong, a housekeeper at a hotel in a Cotai casino discovered a bottle that was apparently being used to take drugs in a guestroom, after which the hotel reported the case to the police on Friday. The police arrested Zhang in the guestroom later that day and found the bottle and drug paraphernalia containing traces of drugs. The police tested the bottle and the drug paraphernalia using a rapid drug testing machine, which indicated the presence of methamphetamine, commonly known as ice. However, no drugs were discovered.
Cheong noted that Zhang admitted to using drugs and tested positive for methamphetamine. He also told the police that he had purchased the methamphetamine from a man in the casino for HK$2,500, but he didn’t know the amount of ice he had received.
Zhang has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing charges of drug use and possession of drug-taking paraphernalia.
