Suspect supplier of drugs sold to expat students nabbed
AsiaOne
Saturday, Oct 08, 2011
SINGAPORE - A man who is believed to be behind the supply of drugs to a group of expat students schooling here has been nabbed.
The 24-year-old was among 92 suspects arrested during Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) drug busts this week.
The suspected trafficker was caught at Senoko Drive with 1kg of cannibis in his backpack.
His 22-year-old girlfriend was also taken in when anti-narcotics officers raided his Yishun apartment. There, they seized items used for packing drugs such as weighing scales and plastic packets.
He is believed to be linked to Selvam V. Katorain, 37, who had allegedly peddled cannabis to a group of 15 youths, most of them foreigners. Katorain was charged with drug trafficking on Sept 8.
Five of the international students, who were arrested during CNB drug raids on Sept 6 and 7, were charged in court yesterday.
Among those arrested, the youngest of them is a 13-year-old expat student and the oldest is a 25-year-old international university student, who are friends who may have abused drugs together, reported The New Paper.
If convicted, each of the young people can be jailed up to 10 years and fined $20,000 on each drug consumption and possession charge.
Yesterday, the CNB also arrested two other suspected male drug traffickers, one 48, the other 27.
About 1kg of cannabis was found in the Mitsubishi Lancer they were in.
The 2kg of cannabis seized from the three men is estimated to be worth some $66,000. All three could face the death penalty if convicted.
In a separate four-day operation that started on Tuesday, the anti-narcotics police arrested eight suspected traffickers and 80 suspected abusers.
AsiaOne
Saturday, Oct 08, 2011
SINGAPORE - A man who is believed to be behind the supply of drugs to a group of expat students schooling here has been nabbed.
The 24-year-old was among 92 suspects arrested during Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) drug busts this week.
The suspected trafficker was caught at Senoko Drive with 1kg of cannibis in his backpack.
His 22-year-old girlfriend was also taken in when anti-narcotics officers raided his Yishun apartment. There, they seized items used for packing drugs such as weighing scales and plastic packets.
He is believed to be linked to Selvam V. Katorain, 37, who had allegedly peddled cannabis to a group of 15 youths, most of them foreigners. Katorain was charged with drug trafficking on Sept 8.
Five of the international students, who were arrested during CNB drug raids on Sept 6 and 7, were charged in court yesterday.
Among those arrested, the youngest of them is a 13-year-old expat student and the oldest is a 25-year-old international university student, who are friends who may have abused drugs together, reported The New Paper.
If convicted, each of the young people can be jailed up to 10 years and fined $20,000 on each drug consumption and possession charge.
Yesterday, the CNB also arrested two other suspected male drug traffickers, one 48, the other 27.
About 1kg of cannabis was found in the Mitsubishi Lancer they were in.
The 2kg of cannabis seized from the three men is estimated to be worth some $66,000. All three could face the death penalty if convicted.
In a separate four-day operation that started on Tuesday, the anti-narcotics police arrested eight suspected traffickers and 80 suspected abusers.
