Two local men have separately been arrested for drunk driving while a Hong Kong man has been arrested for having taken ketamine and driving under the influence of it, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The Hong Kong suspect surnamed Seng told the police that he’s jobless. He is in his thirties.
According to Lei, on Friday night the police received a report about a traffic accident that occurred on a roundabout in Coloane. When the officers arrived at the scene, they found the driver, Seng, in a daze and unable to explain the accident. The police saw that there was white powder on his nostrils and upper lip, raising suspicions of drug use.
Seng was then taken to the hospital for a urine test, which came back positive for ketamine. Under questioning, Seng claimed to have been partying at nightclubs in Hong Kong on Thursday night, where he bought drugs from a stranger, after which he drove to Macau across the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
In the two other cases, Lei noted that one of the suspects, surnamed Ngai in his thirties, who said he is jobless, bumped into another vehicle in Taipa on Sunday morning and a breathalyser test detected his alcohol concentration as 1.55 grams of alcohol per litre of blood.
The other suspect, surnamed Lam, a delivery driver, in his twenties, was riding his motorbike along Calçada do Tronco Velho at a high speed when he lost control and fell off while making a turn. Police arrived at the scene and conducted a breathalyser test, which revealed his blood alcohol concentration to be 2.04.
The three suspects have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP). Lam and Ngai face drunk-driving charges, while Seng faces charges of drug taking and driving under the influence, Lei said.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows a PSP officer escorting the Hong Kong suspect to a police station.
