CRIME | 37 arrested at ‘drug party’
The Judiciary Police arrested 37 people on Friday for their involvement in a suspected drug party that took place at a karaoke parlor in NAPE. Of the 37 people arrested, 31 of them tested positive for a number of drugs.
The Public Security Police received information that a “drug party” could be occurring at the karaoke venue. When the authorities arrived, the individuals inside refused them entry to the room. Officers managed to gain access only when the door was opened as one of the group members departed later that night.
“We recovered a small amount of suspicious drugs and tool[s],” said Judiciary Police spokesperson, Li Kai Sang. “There were, in total, 11 transparent bags and 20 straws [and] there was some suspicious burned residue,” he added.
“Thirty-seven people were arrested by the police; two of whom were employees [of the establishment]. Of the 37 people in the case, 31 of them tested positive to multiple drugs,” said Li, cited by TDM.
All of the individuals have been charged with using and selling drugs, and will be transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office. The suspects include residents of Macau, Hong Kong, mainland China and Indonesia, one of whom is a college student in Macau.
Authorities added that they have not yet contacted the shop owner.
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The war on ICE continues. Like something from a scifi movie a plague of psychotic ICE users prone to irrational violence and murder, wreck havoc in Macau. We need to increase the penalties and educate society on how bad this problem is. Guangzhou is the capital of ICE production in the world, only two hours from Macau.
Lost in Macau, I see you on this site making wild claims regularly in regard to drugs. I have to ask what is your reason?
You tell us about “a plague of psychotic ice users prone to violence” but I never read about any issues like that in the paper. Are you sure you’re not making it up?
By the way, you can see from the situation in the USA that simply increasing penalties is not the solution. The war on drugs has failed dismally, we need to find a new way to solve this problem.
When your family is destroyed by this drug and you watch someone you once knew become drastically irrational, you will make a stand. Either Don you are a user or have never experienced the drastic changes that happen to frriends or family who use. I wish I had never had the misfortune to know a loved one on ice. There is no exageration!
Ah, it becomes clear at last. You have been personally affected by a family member’s addiction. I understand and I wish you good luck in aiding that person’s rehabilitation.
Tell me, would you prefer they are treated with compassion or judged as “just another junky?”
Would you prefer that they are locked in a cage for 5 years, or admitted to a state of the art treatment facility?
Creating hyperbole by stating that we are on the brink of a Macau being over-run with murdering maniacs high on ice will not help anyone get treatment, and may just result in them being locked away as no more than animals, I would counsel you to comment with care if you really want to help solve this problem.
Of course I am exagerating this problem. Don, you really think Ice rage murders and assaults are going to make the papers here in Macau when loan shark hits never do. Dont take my word, this article describes the epidemic as a worse threat than terrorism.
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/ice-an-indiscriminate-killer-police-commissioner-andrew-scipione-20151108-gktupw.html
Don thank you for your comment and duly noted. I want the dealers locked away not the addicts. Macau has a great support system there for people in need of help. The link I posted previously outlines the problem tgat western countries are facing. The violence from ice related incidents as quoted by the NSW Police Commissioner is ” off the ricter scale”. He considers the threat worse than terrorim.
With Macau being so close to Guangzhou ICE is more available here than in the West but we do not see any media coverage of the crime in Macau. We would be ignorent to think it does not exist.
My comments are aimed at getting discussion and awareness in the community. I did not realise my partner was an addict, I did not know what ICE was and the symptoms. Irrational behaviour, obsessive behaviour on small seemingly unimportant tasks, insomnia, weight loss, prone to violent behaviour, no feeling of accountability for their actions no matter who they hurt.
Thanks again Don for the discussion, if we can help one person seek help or identify their family member as having a problem and helping them then it is a great day. Lets not sweep this under the Macau red carpet, lets educate the community, we are not immune to this problem.
Lost in Macau, I am glad we can have a civil discussion on this issue.
I always get concerned when I read exagerated comments about drugs in media as it often times prompts the politicians to reflexively just make punishments longer for those poor fools at the bottom of the food chain who get caught. They are normally addicts themselves and need treatment not punishment.
The reality is those guys at the top are often untouchable and will never see the inside of a prison cell so I prefer to focus on treating the people with problems rather than locking people up.
I often see in the news reports about dealers being caught so I feel that the problem possibly isn’t as bad as you made it out to be, but I agree there is a lot happening in Macau that we simply never hear about….
Good luck with your partner.