Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lou Chan Fai announced yesterday during a special press conference that they recently found a parcel from the Netherlands delivered to Macau containing ecstasy wrapped as chocolates, and the police arrested four male Vietnamese suspects for being involved in the case.
According to the Lou, the parcel contained 1,057 ecstasy tablets disguised as chocolates, which have a street value of around 210,000 patacas. Lou said that the four suspects are aged between 25 and 31, adding that they are all jobless, surnamed Doan, Nguyen, Le and Nguyen. Lou pointed out that one of the suspects is an illegal immigrant and was smuggled into Macau in May 2019, adding that the police even found other people’s IDs on him. Lou said that the other three entered Macau in July 2020, December 2019 and June 2019 respectively as tourists.
Lou did not mention if the Nguyens are related.
Lou said that the police arrested the quartet at a parcel pick-up spot in the central district, stressing that the illegal immigrant was responsible for collecting the parcel, while the others were acting as lookouts. He added that the police seized 11 boxes of various brands of chocolate, two tins of a beverage mix, a T-shirt and a pair of sneakers. In three of the boxes, Lou said, the police found 48 repackaged chocolates, each of which contained more than 20 ecstasy tablets.
Lou underlined that the four suspects refused to cooperate with the police, but said there was strong evidence to prove that they are involved in the case, pointing out that the police believe that they had been dealing in drugs for six months. After undergoing urinalysis, he added, the results showed that the four suspects were not users.
The four suspects were transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday after the press conference.
The four Vietnamese suspects are being escorted by Judiciary Police (PJ) officers from the PJ headquarters to PJ vehicles yesterday. Photos courtesy of TDM
Evidence seized from the drug quartet such as the wrappers hiding ecstasy tablets, a pair of sneakers, and a T-shirt, is displayed at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters yesterday.
