The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday arrested two men who live together in an apartment, on allegations of illicit production, transaction and possession of apparatuses affiliated with the plantation of marijuana.
The two suspects have been passed to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation.
The two men, one from Taiwan, surnamed Cheng and aged 28, and a local, surnamed Chan aged 22, told the police that they are friends. The former reported that he works as a junket customer service agent, while the latter works as a salesperson.
It is a collateral discovery, as the police only accidentally unearthed the case during the process of investigating another illicit substance case. Both suspects were caught yesterday; Cheng at the apartment in which he lives and Chan in a Cotai shopping mall, believed to be his workplace.
In the apartment, the PJ seized four plastic pots of marijuana plant, marijuana seeds, a tent for indoor plantation, nutrition liquid, warming lamps, as well as consumption and packaging tools.
Although the two have been charged with drug dealing, neither suspect was selling the plant when they got arrested and the PJ refrained from disclosing whether additional charges would be laid against the duo. Nonetheless, the PJ noted that the existence of packaging tools suggests that the end products were intended for sale.
Both admitted to the…
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The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday arrested two men who live together in an apartment, on allegations of illicit production, transaction and possession of apparatuses affiliated with the plantation of marijuana.
The two suspects have been passed to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation.
The two men, one from Taiwan, surnamed Cheng and aged 28, and a local, surnamed Chan aged 22, told the police that they are friends. The former reported that he works as a junket customer service agent, while the latter works as a salesperson.
It is a collateral discovery, as the police only accidentally unearthed the case during the process of investigating another illicit substance case. Both suspects were caught yesterday; Cheng at the apartment in which he lives and Chan in a Cotai shopping mall, believed to be his workplace.
In the apartment, the PJ seized four plastic pots of marijuana plant, marijuana seeds, a tent for indoor plantation, nutrition liquid, warming lamps, as well as consumption and packaging tools.
Although the two have been charged with drug dealing, neither suspect was selling the plant when they got arrested and the PJ refrained from disclosing whether additional charges would be laid against the duo. Nonetheless, the PJ noted that the existence of packaging tools suggests that the end products were intended for sale.
Both admitted to the…
