Macao police have detained a 17-year-old suspect for allegedly selling drugs at a downtown KTV lounge, local media reported Wednesday.

The Macao Post Daily quoted police sources as saying that the suspect was nabbed in a raid conducted on Sunday involving the detention of 19 youngsters aged between 14 and 23.

Eleven of the suspects have been released on bail, one sent to the juvenile holding center and six put on custody of their parents, the sources were cited by the newspaper as saying.

The only suspect facing prosecution is the 17-year-old student surnamed Mak, who allegedly sold Ketamine to other involved teenagers, according to the newspaper.

(Xinhua News Agency March 21, 2007)