CRIME | Drugs and illegals found over the weekend

At least two cases involving drug trafficking and consumption were detected by the Judiciary Police (PJ) over the weekend, with all those involved having entered Macau illegally.
Police announced at a press conference yesterday that last Saturday a staff member from a Cotai hotel alerted the authorities to what they suspected were drug-related activities occurring in one of the hotel rooms. The PJ headed to the location and, with the help of the Public Security Police Force (PSP), managed to intercept one of the suspects and a second one shortly after, inside the casino.
A search of the first suspect revealed 2.86 grams of the drug known as “Ice” and a further search of the hotel room resulted in the discovery of a further 2.28 grams of the same substance. The first suspect, aged 43, is a mainlander who entered the territory illegally. He was taken into custody, accused of drug trafficking and consumption. The other suspect is a 29-year-old local woman. She was accused of providing support to illegal activities.
The PJ also reported the discovery of a second similar crime, which was detected in the early hours of Sunday. A man who was barred from entering a casino was subsequentlly searched by authorities, finding him in the possession of 2.49 grams of Ketamine, 4.28 grams of “Ice” and 3 pills of “magu” (methamphetamine). A further search to his room revealed a further 2.21 grams of “Ice”. This search of his room also revealed the presence of two other people, one man and one woman. The three, ranging between 22 and 25 years old, were all mainland residents. As in the previous case, they had entered Macau illegally. Further investigation revealed two other people, aged 28 and 29, who were also mainlanders but who held legal permits to be in Macau. Both had rented the room and assisted the suspects.
In this case, the first suspect was detained and accused of drug trafficking and consumption, the second of drug trafficking, the third of drug consumption, and the fourth and fifth of providing support to illegal activities.
In a different case reported earlier, the PSP caught a man in the early hours of the same morning in a document search operation. He presented a forged entry form to the officers, which he later revealed to have been bought in the mainland for MOP10. This man had also entered Macau illegally, traveling in a speed boat, a mode of transportation that he claimed to have cost him RMB5,000. The 26-year-old decided to use this method because he had a previous record and had been banned from entering the region until 2020.