1kg of cannabis worth $33,000 found in car engine compartment at Woodlands Checkpoin

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1kg of cannabis worth $33,000 found in car engine compartment at Woodlands Checkpoint

Published on Nov 23, 2014 2:17 PM

Cannabis seized at Woodlands Checkpoint on Nov 22, 2014. -- PHOTO: CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU / IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY

Car in which one block of cannabis was found by ICA officers at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Nov 22, 2014. -- PHOTO: CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU / IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY

By Chew Hui Min

SINGAPORE - About 1kg of cannabis was seized by immigration officials, and a suspected smuggler arrested at the Woodlands checkpoint on Saturday, Nov 22.

A routine check on a Malaysia-registered car had turned up a block of the suspected cannabis in the engine compartment.

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) was alerted at 1.05pm on Saturday.

The driver of the car, a 37-year-old Malaysian man, was arrested, CNB said in a statement on Sunday.