Drugs worth some S$300,000 seized in two separate CNB operations
POSTED: 23 Apr 2013 7:44 PM
The Central Narcotics Bureau has arrested four people and seized drugs worth some S$300,000 in two separate operations.
A close-up shot of heroin seized from the operation conducted at Sungei Kadut (Photo: CNB)
SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has arrested four people and seized drugs worth some S$300,000 in two separate operations.
CNB said on 22 April, its officers observed a 45-year-old Malaysian man driving a lorry in the Sungei Kadut vicinity.
He was spotted picking up two Singaporean men, aged 49 and 44, in the area.
He subsequently dropped the pair off at a bus stop before driving off.
Officers moved in and arrested the duo.
A search was conducted and officers seized about 470 grams of heroin from the 44-year-old man.
Meanwhile, another party of officers who had been keeping an eye on the lorry-driver also moved in to arrest him.
About 1,640 grams of heroin and S$6,350 in cash were recovered from the lorry.
The three men are being investigated for drug trafficking.
In a separate operation also on the same day, CNB officers arrested a 49-year-old men at a shophouse in the Beach Road vicinity.
The officers seized about 50 grams of ‘Ice’, 1,016 grams of Ketamine, 3,545 Erimin-5 tablets, 152 Ecstasy tablets, S$9,119 in cash and some drug paraphernalia; from at least six different hiding spots including inside an aircon pipe, in the gap between the water pipe and the wall and behind a ceiling lamp.
The 49-year-old man is being investigated for drug trafficking.
If found guilty, the four face a minimum of five years in jail and five strokes of the cane.
- CNA/ck
