police apprehended and arrested five African suspects aged between 26 and 42 years for smuggling drugs inside their bodies.

Public Prosecutions Office concluded its investigation into two cases of suspected drug smuggling, and has laid serious drug charges against six African suspects.
In May last year, the police apprehended and arrested five African suspects aged between 26 and 42 years for smuggling drugs inside their bodies.
Police were tipped off and arrested the suspects in a hotel located in the city centre. The suspects' bodies were still stashed with drugs, a statement from the Public Prosecutions Office released yesterday said.
In the second drug smuggling case, a 40-year-old Ugandan woman was arrested in October last year for smuggling drugs. She was also caught with heroin and other illegal substances when police apprehended the woman at Macau International Airport. The woman had travelled from Thailand to the SAR, the statement said, adding that she was later taken to hospital where it was found that she had large amounts of drugs packed inside her body.
The woman later confessed she intended to use Macau as a platform to take the drugs to the mainland where she intended to exchange them for money, the statement said.
After further investigating the two cases, the Public Prosecutions Office said it had enough evidence to charge the six suspects with serious drug crimes.
If the suspects are found guilty they can each face a sentence of up to 12 years in prison, according to the Macau Penal Code.
The cases have been sent to the judges to schedule a hearing and trial. The suspects are