The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a 24-year-old mainlander surnamed Zhang on Tuesday for drug trafficking by receiving orders via a mobile chat application, a PJ spokesperson said during a special press conference yesterday.
According to the spokesperson, the police received a tip-off several days before the arrest that a man from the mainland had been selling drugs in Macau.Following the tip-off, the police identified the suspect and confirmed that he was staying at a hotel in Cotai. The police kept the suspect under surveillance and saw him leaving his hotel room on Tuesday night.
This photo taken yesterday shows the evidence found on the drug trafficking suspect and in his hotel room. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
