The Judiciary Police (PJ) made at the local airport yesterday evening Macau’s largest-ever methamphetamine bust, with the seizure of 11.1 kilograms of methamphetamine (aka ice) worth about 36.3 million patacas.
The drug was smuggled in a single attempt by a Taiwanese man, aged 27, from Thailand to Macau as an intermediate location at about 6:15 p.m. yesterday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a press briefing last night, adding: “The suspect surnamed Wang flew to Macau with a large suitcase, and upon arrival he looked very shakey and panicky”.
According to Leng, the Judiciary Police had recently received intelligence that a drug trafficking gang had arranged for its members to smuggle ice into Macau from Southeast Asia. Yesterday, the Judiciary Police identified Wang as the gang’s smuggler, in whose luggage PJ officers found three large gift boxes containing 10 packets of ice disguised as tea leaves, weighing about 11.1 kilograms, a record-breaking amount of ice seized in Macau.
Under questioning, the jobless suspect told the police that he had been promised about 12,000 patacas, or about NT$50,000, as “commission” for the smuggling trip.
Leng noted that the Judiciary Police will transfer the suspect to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) after further questioning at the PJ headquarters in Zape.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded drug suspect from the local airport to a PJ vehicle last night.
Evidence including methamphetamine, aka ice, and a large suitcase seized from the suspect is displayed by five PJ officers during last night’s press briefing at the local airport. – Photos: Maria Cheang Ut Meng
