For the first time ever, the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local smuggler on Tuesday for trafficking drugs hidden in his cane, PJ spokesman Cheong Siu Keong said during a special press conference yesterday.
Cheong identified the suspect as a 53-year-old male with a leg disability.
According to Cheong, based on a tip-off, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified the local man as a suspect smuggling drugs from across the border into Macau. The police apprehended the suspect on Tuesday as he entered Macau through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge checkpoint, seizing 17.43 grams of ice hidden inside his walking stick, with an estimated street value of 52,000 patacas. The police later confiscated drug paraphernalia from his flat in the northern district.
Cheong noted that the smuggler tested positive for ice and has a history of drug use dating back to the 1990s. He was last arrested three years ago for drug use and when he was caught on Tuesday had been selling drugs for about a month, Cheong said.
The suspect was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday, facing charges of drug trafficking, drug use, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded drug-smuggling suspect to a PJ van outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. – Photo: Ada Lei
