Pill peddlers return to Geylang despite multiple raids in the area


Men can be seen peddling drugs in public in the Geylang area. - ST

SINGAPORE: Pill peddlers illegally hawking prescription medication, including the addictive codeine-laced mixtures, have returned to the streets in the Geylang area, pushing their wares closer to Housing Board estates.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had conducted multiple raids in the area, but residents say the peddlers return the moment there is a let-up.

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