Three Macau men were arrested on Thursday 5 August 2021 for trafficking cannabis concealed in a book-shipping box sent to Macau via the mainland.[1] The suspects were a 24-year-old air-conditioning repair worker surnamed Vong, a 25-year-old jobless man surnamed Chan and a 57-year-old chef surnamed Wu.[1] On 5 August at about 5 p.m. the two younger men rode motorcycles to a parcel collection shop in Sha Li Tou, where Wong took a parcel from a 24-hour smart locker while Chan kept watch outside.[2]
Judiciary Police spokesman Leng Kam Lun said officers seized a total of 1,661 grammes of cannabis with an estimated street value of 1.66 million patacas.[1] Officers seized 668.43 grammes of cannabis hidden inside a book shipping box in the collected parcel.[1] Officers later found two packets of cannabis weighing 517 grammes and 38 grammes plus drug-taking paraphernalia at Chan’s home in Patane district.[1] Officers seized 437.63 grammes of cannabis and drug-taking paraphernalia at Wu’s home in Fai Chi Kei.[1]
Vong and Chan said they had jointly paid 140,000 patacas for 2,000 grammes of cannabis on 28 July.[1] Vong and Chan told police they had sold 1,000 grammes of the cannabis to Wu.[3] Wu told police he had resold 10-gramme packets for 8,000 patacas to customers in night entertainment venues.[3] Leng said both Chan and Wu were drug users and police were continuing to investigate the source of the drugs.[1]
The Judiciary Police were notified by the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau the previous Monday that a parcel believed to contain drugs was being sent from overseas to Macau via Guangxi.[1] Zhuhai police and customs, Guangxi police, local police and Macau Customs jointly tracked the parcel to a pickup point near Patane district.[1] The three suspects were transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office on Friday facing trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances charges, while Chan and Wu also faced possession of drug-taking paraphernalia charges.[3]
