The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested two local men for drug-trafficking and drug-taking on Monday, PJ spokesman Lei Chi Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Lei identified the suspects as a 29-year-old driver surnamed Fong and a 27-year-old maintenance technician surnamed Ho.
According to Lei, based on a tipoff, PJ officers identified Fong and Ho as suspected drug dealers, and intercepted the duo in the northern district on Monday.
PJ officers seized 2.33 grams of cannabis buds, drug taking paraphernalia and an electronic scale at Fong’s flat, as well as 0.75 grams of cannabis buds and drug taking paraphernalia hidden Ho’s motorcycle helmet compartment and an electronic scale and over a hundred new plastic bags for packaging at his flat, according to Lei, adding that PJ officers also seized 1,000 patacas and HK$1,000 from the duo, suspected to be proceeds from drug sales.
Both suspects’ urine tests returned positive results for drug use, Lei said, adding that the duo confessed to drug use and trafficking.
The duo were transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) recently, facing charges of drug-trafficking, drug-taking, and possession of drug taking paraphernalia.
Meanwhile, the Public Security Police (PSP) nabbed a local man for alleged drug-trafficking on Monday, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Wong identified the suspect as a man in his fifties, surnamed Pun, who claimed to be jobless.
According to Wong, PSP officers received a report from a resident who had found a cardholder on Avenida de Guimarães (샘馬윗薑댕馬쨌) in Taipa on Sunday.
Wong said that the cardholder contained an ID card and a small packet of white powder, adding that the powder was subsequently handed over to the Judiciary Police for analysis, who confirmed it to be 0.179 grams of cocaine.
On Monday morning, Wong said, Pun appeared at a local police station to report the loss of his cardholder, but he initially denied that the cocaine was his, but under questioning, he eventually admitted the drugs were his.
Pun claimed they were provided to him by an unknown individual during a gathering in Hong Kong last month. He also confessed that he had consumed a small amount of the cocaine, but claimed that he had later forgotten that the cocaine was still inside his cardholder, Wong said, adding that, however, Pun tested negative for drugs.
Pun was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) recently, facing a drug-trafficking charge, as he smuggled the cocaine from Hong Kong to Macau.
Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Wong Wai Chon looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference. – Photo: Armindo Neves
This undated handout photo provided by the Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday shows evidence seized from the drug-taking and trafficking suspects Fong and Ho.
