Police arrest 200 suspected drug offenders in 5-day blitz

Published on Aug 31, 2012
8:42 PM

By Bryna Sim

A total of 200 suspected drug offenders were arrested after a five-day island-wide blitz by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).

Its operations, held from Aug 27 to Aug 31, targeted both demand and supply of illicit drugs in Singapore.

Out of the 200 suspected drug offenders arrested, 17 had been arrested for suspected drug trafficking.

Drugs worth more than $159,000 were seized, including about 1.4kg of heroin, 35g of ‘Ice’, 22 Erimin-5 tablets and 6g of ketamine.

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