The Macao police have arrested one male drug dealing suspect, local media reported Thursday.

The Macao Post Daily quoted police sources as saying that the suspect, aged 40, was captured during a routine anti-drug patrol at the downtown Mong Ma Sports Center.

The police seized from him 4.5 grams of heroin and 60 Triazolam pills.

The confiscated drug was reportedly worth around 40,000 patacas (5,000 US dollars), the sources told the newspaper.

The suspect has been transferred to the Public Prosecution for further investigations, according to the newspaper.

(Xinhua News Agency September 15, 2005)