A local deliveryman was arrested on Tuesday for selling and taking drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said during a special press conference yesterday.
Ho identified the suspect as a 34-year-old male surnamed Leong.
According to Ho, based on a tip-off, the Judiciary Police (PJ) identified Leong as a suspect smuggling drugs from Hong Kong to Macau to sell them.
The police apprehended Leong when he was entering Macau on Tuesday evening through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Macau checkpoint. The police seized a total of four packets of methamphetamine (also known as ice), weighing 9.56 grams, and three e-cigarette cartridges containing etomidate*, with a total estimated street value of about 31,000 patacas.
Ho noted that the police later confirmed that Leong smuggled drugs from Hong Kong for personal use as well as to sell in Macau’s night venues. Ho added that Leong tested positive for methamphetamine and has had a drug habit for at least eight years.
Leong was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday, facing charges of drug use and drug trafficking.
*According to Wikipedia, Etomidate has been made into an e-cigarette liquid known as space oil (太空油) in Hong Kong or ketamine pod (popularly known as kpod) in Singapore, first emerging in mainland China in 2021. Vape liquids containing etomidate or its analogues may also be mixed with other drugs, including cannabis, synthetic cannabinoids, ketamine, designer benzodiazepines, and nitazene-derived opioid drugs.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded suspect to a PJ van outside the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday. – Photo: Ada Lei
