The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested three Tanzanians for drug trafficking and have seized 4.52 grams of cocaine from them, with an estimated street value of 15,000 patacas, a PJ spokesperson said at a regular press conference yesterday.
According to the spokesperson, the three suspects are a 34-year-old man surnamed Sanga, a 42-year-old man surnamed Kituta and a 27-year-old woman surnamed Kabongo, who arrived in Macau in August. The trio tested negative for drugs when they were arrested on Tuesday. The trio told the police that they are jobless.
The spokesperson said that PJ officers identified the trio and intercepted them in a street in the city centre, after which they searched their rented flat there. Upon searching the trio’s flat, police officers seized a total of 4.52 grams of cocaine.
The trio claimed that they had followed instructions by “someone ” to sell drugs across various locations in Macau, including nightclubs, and hid the cocaine in discreet spots for buyers to collect later.
The trio refused to reveal the source of the drugs, any details of their drug-trafficking activities and how much they earned, the spokesperson said.
The Judiciary Police are continuing their investigation in an attempt to trace the origin of the drugs and identify other possible suspects.
The threesome was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday, facing a drug-trafficking charge, according to the spokesperson.
Cocaine, cash, smartphones and other pieces of evidence seized by the police are displayed in a pressroom of the PJ headquarters yesterday. – Photo: PJ
