Suspected drug abuse - 69 Singaporeans, PRs arrested at checkpoints from Jan to Nov 2022

While the number of arrests has increased with the reopening of Singapore’s borders, it is still lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Between January and November 2022, 69 Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) were arrested at the checkpoints for suspected drug abuse, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.

This is significantly higher than the number of arrests in 2021, when six local drug abusers were arrested at Changi Airport and the other checkpoints. Thirty such arrests were made in 2020, CNB said in response to queries from The Straits Times.