SINGAPORE: More than 5kg of cannabis, 600g of ‘Ice’, and other drugs worth more than S$340,000 were seized in two separate operations yesterday, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.
A total of six suspects — five Singaporeans and one Malaysian — were arrested.
Two of the suspects caught are a 34-year-old suspected drug trafficker and his 29-year-old male accomplice. CNB officers were deployed in the vicinity of Havelock Road and at Senoko, to observe the duo who were believed to be expecting a fresh consignment of drugs. They were believed to be operating a “mobile drug store” out of a car, said the CNB in a statement today.
Officers deployed at Senoko first spotted them in the vicinity of Senoko Drive in a car, with a Malaysia-registered lorry in the vicinity.
The lorry driver, a 34-year-old Malaysian, was observed placing a plastic bag on the rear seat of the suspects’ car. He was later apprehended at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
Both suspects were arrested along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. About 5kg of cannabis was found in the plastic bag. Three tobacco packs containing a 60g of cannabis were found in the car while three packets of ‘Ice’ and cash amounting to S$11,300 were found on the alleged accomplice.
A search of the “mobile drug store” parked in a multi-storey carpark in Havelock recovered about 750g of cannabis, 350g of ‘Ice’, a weighing scale and some drug paraphernalia.
In a separate operation, CNB officers arrested a 39-year-old alleged drug abuser with a small amount of ‘Ice’, ketamine and Erimin-5 tablets. The suspect was led to a hotel room nearby — believed to be used as a drug store — where heroin, other drugs, a weighing scale and two drug-smoking apparatuses were seized.
The CNB said a 43-year-old man was also arrested at another part of the same hotel. A search of his room uncovered heroin, ‘Ice’ and ketamine.
Later in the evening, CNB officers arrested a 40-year-old suspected drug trafficker along Balestier Road. He was found with 300g of ‘Ice’, 240g of ketamine, 3,602 Erimin-5 tablets and cash amounting to S$13,381. He is wanted in connection to an earlier case where about 1kg of cannabis and 167g of ‘Ice’ were seized on Sept 15.
Investigations into the drug activities of all arrested persons are ongoing.
A person convicted of trafficking more than 500g of cannabis or more than 250g of ‘Ice’ may face the death penalty.
