Drugs seized from a car carrying a 41-year-old Singaporean man attempting to smuggle the drugs into Singapore on April 16. -- PHOTO: CNB via The Straits Times/ANN
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A 41-year-old Singaporean man was arrested on April 16 at Woodlands Checkpoint after he was caught with a large amount of illegal drugs while riding in a Malaysian-registered car.
He was attempting to smuggle the drugs – including 4.7kg of heroin, nearly 3.3kg of cannabis, 1.6kg of Ice or crystal meth and 1,000 Erimin-5 tablets – into Singapore, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on April 19.
The man was a passenger in a Malaysian-registered car, which was directed for enhanced checks when ICA officers noticed him behaving suspiciously.
They searched and found on him a slab of 10 tablets suspected to be banned drugs. CNB officers were alerted to the find, and further checks led to the discovery of a bag containing the drugs.
The officers also seized cash in Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit and Thai baht totalling more than $1,200.
On April 17, CNB officers took the man to his residence in Woodlands Drive, where more controlled drugs – including 307g of ketamine, 172g of Ice, 99g of Ecstasy and e-vaporising devices – were discovered.
The seized drugs are estimated to be worth more than $845,500 and could possibly feed around 3,730 drug abusers for a week, said the CNB.
The man faces the death penalty for the amount of drugs he attempted to smuggle into Singapore.
According to the Drugs Misuse Act, those bringing in or out of Singapore more than 15g of pure heroin, or 250g of methamphetamine, or 500g of cannabis face execution. - The Straits Times/ANN
