A man from the mainland was arrested on Sunday for using drugs, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The 33-year-old suspect surnamed Chen claimed to be a businessman.
According to Cheong, a housekeeper at a hotel in Cotai discovered a bottle that was apparently being used to take drugs in a guestroom, after which the hotel reported the case to the police on Sunday. The police arrested Chen in the guestroom later that day. The police confiscated the bottle which had been modified and used for taking drugs, and found 0.36 grams of methamphetamine, commonly known as ice, with an estimated street value of 700 patacas in the room.
Cheong noted that Chen admitted to using drugs and tested positive for methamphetamine. He also told the police that he had purchased the ice from a man in Macau.
Chen has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing charges of drug use and possession of drug-taking paraphernalia.
