The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested a British man on Monday for allegedly stealing goods from a supermarket and discovered that he had drugs in his hotel guestroom, a PSP spokesperson announced during a regular press conference yesterday.
The suspect is a UK citizen surnamed Singh in his thirties and told the police that he is a student, the spokesperson said.
PSP officers received a report from a supermarket in Nam Van district on Monday at 1 a.m. that a man was suspected of having stolen goods worth 49 patacas in total, the spokesperson said.
After arresting the suspect, PSP officers conducted a search in a guestroom in a hotel nearby where the suspect stayed and uncovered three small packages containing a total of 0.56 grams of methamphetamine, as well as a clear plastic ziplock bag containing an unknown liquid weighing 53.67 grams and drug-taking paraphernalia.
Under questioning, Singh said that he could not recall stealing the items and insisted he was unaware that the substance was methamphetamine. However, a subsequent urine test confirmed the presence of methamphetamine.
The case has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing theft, drug abuse and possession of drug-taking paraphernalia charges.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows two PSP officers escorting the theft suspect to the police station in the Nam Van district.
