Macao’s Judiciary Police arrested a mainland Chinese couple in Macao on suspicion of drug trafficking after cannabis was found concealed in the man’s tailored underwear.[1] Anti-narcotics officers intercepted the man and his wife on the evening of July 17 after they arrived from Bangkok, Thailand.[1] Investigators said the man habitually used drugs and had bought the narcotics in Bangkok, while his wife allegedly helped smuggle them through Macao toward the Chinese mainland.[1] Both suspects were referred to the prosecutors’ office for investigation on charges of trafficking narcotics and psychotropic substances.[1]

Officers recovered five packets of cannabis flower weighing about 321.9 grams and 11 packets of cannabis residue in the man’s modified underwear, about 333.8 grams in total.[1] In his luggage police seized four boxes of cookies in ordinary biscuit tins suspected to contain cannabis weighing 2,818.8 grams and a packet of cannabis-laced gummies weighing 829.4 grams.[1] Laboratory tests confirmed cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinol in the seized items, which police valued at MOP 656,000 (about $81,145).[1]

The operation was carried out by anti-narcotics officers of the drug-crime investigation unit targeting inbound flights on the basis of intelligence.[1]