Crime | 13-year-old HK student hired to sell drugs in Macau

The Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday that a 13-year-old female student from Hong Kong was used to transport drugs to Macau, setting a new record for the youngest drug trafficking suspect in the MSAR since 2015.

Another two Hong Kong residents, aged 18 and 19 years old, have also been arrested. The 19-year-old is a student.

The PJ said it received a tip that a few Hong Kong residents were selling drugs in Macau. The investigative police subsequently arrested an 18-year-old male Hong Kong resident near Rua dos Pescadores on Monday.

The police found cocaine in the suspect’s underwear and in his hotel room at NAPE. They also discovered that the suspect, who is unemployed, was planning to sell the drugs to another two Hong Kong residents. 

The PJ later detained the two other suspects at the Macau Ferry Terminal and discovered drugs underneath the 13-year- old girl’s clothes.

During the operation, the PJ seized approximately 60 grams of cocaine, which is worth approximately MOP190,000 on the black market.

The 19-year-old male Hong Kong student said in his confession that the trio had been hired by criminal groups to bring drugs to Macau for sale.

The girl was paid MOP3,000 for selling the drugs, while the other two received MOP500 for supervising and accompanying her.