Four women arrested in drug trafficking and fraud cases

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested four women in two separate cases involving drug trafficking and fraud, authorities said Friday.

Speaking at a special press conference, PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said two Vietnamese nationals, aged 33 and 36, were detained on suspicion of drug trafficking.

The two women were arrested on Thursday at a city-center apartment, where authorities seized about 1.5 kilograms of drugs with an estimated street value of MOP1.87 million (about USD232,000). The haul included 286 packages of methamphetamine, 159 packages of ketamine, 33 packages of “happy powder,” and 10 packages of ecstasy fragments and powder.

One of the Vietnamese suspects was in Macau illegally, while the other worked as a massage therapist holding a blue card. Police indicated that the pair had been selling narcotics since May to fellow Vietnamese residents and nightclub patrons.

In a separate case, two Indonesian domestic workers, aged 38 and 47, were arrested on suspicion of using bank accounts to assist fraud syndicates in an “Alipay Insurance / Account Upgrade” impersonation scam.

Authorities said the case is linked to online shopping scams reported between late 2025 and June, in which at least six victims were tricked into transferring funds under the pretext of account “security renewals.”

Individual losses ranged from MOP110,000 to MOP3.76 million.

Both suspects have admitted to allowing criminal groups to use their bank accounts in exchange for sums of MOP5,000 and MOP2,800.