SINGAPORE: A former childcare teacher who helped her boyfriend peddle drugs has been sentenced to seven years' jail for drug trafficking.
Lee Kim Hwa, 55, was arrested in September last year by Central Narcotics Bureau officers.
She had with her a packet of powdery substance in her bag, containing at least seven grammes of heroin.
The court heard that Lee became involved in drug trafficking through her boyfriend, Chng Teck Choon.
They lived together in a house in Tanjong Katong Road from December 2010 to end-April last year.
During that period, Chng traded drugs while Lee helped to maintain transaction records.
After Chng was jailed in May 2011, he asked Lee to take over the drug-trading business.
Lee also took over two of Chng's mobile phones, which were used to communicate with drug dealers and buyers.
She then moved out and lived with her daughter.
On September 20 last year, Lee received a call from a Malaysian dealer, who told her a batch of drugs would arrive in Singapore the next day.
She would be paid $500 to receive and deliver them to a buyer.
After picking up the drugs at a pre-arranged place, the buyer told Lee to wait for further arrangements.
Lee then decided to head home, and was caught at about 8.30pm that day, near Rhu Cross (near Fort Road).
Lee could have been jailed up to 20 years.
- CNA/de
Lee Kim Hwa, 55, was arrested in September last year by Central Narcotics Bureau officers.
She had with her a packet of powdery substance in her bag, containing at least seven grammes of heroin.
The court heard that Lee became involved in drug trafficking through her boyfriend, Chng Teck Choon.
They lived together in a house in Tanjong Katong Road from December 2010 to end-April last year.
During that period, Chng traded drugs while Lee helped to maintain transaction records.
After Chng was jailed in May 2011, he asked Lee to take over the drug-trading business.
Lee also took over two of Chng's mobile phones, which were used to communicate with drug dealers and buyers.
She then moved out and lived with her daughter.
On September 20 last year, Lee received a call from a Malaysian dealer, who told her a batch of drugs would arrive in Singapore the next day.
She would be paid $500 to receive and deliver them to a buyer.
After picking up the drugs at a pre-arranged place, the buyer told Lee to wait for further arrangements.
Lee then decided to head home, and was caught at about 8.30pm that day, near Rhu Cross (near Fort Road).
Lee could have been jailed up to 20 years.
- CNA/de
