2 arrested, over $690k worth of drugs seized in Choa Chu Kang carpark

SINGAPORE - The authorities arrested two Singaporean men for suspected drug offences in an operation conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on June 4. About 4.5kg of cannabis and 968g of Ice were seized, the bureau said in a statement on June 6.

The drugs, valued at an estimated $692,000, can feed the addiction of 1,200 abusers for a week.

The anti-drug operation took place around Choa Chu Kang Street 51, where CNB officers intercepted a car at a multi-storey carpark late on June 4. They arrested both the 38-year-old driver and his 27-year-old passenger.

The men had refused to comply with the officers’ request and violently resisted arrest, CNB added. Two officers were injured in their arms as a result. They have since received outpatient treatment.

Apart from the cannabis and Ice seized from the car, the officers also found 63g of ketamine, 1,180 Erimin-5 tablets, 1,170g of Ecstasy and 181 lysergic acid diethylamide stamps inside the vehicle.

“Both men were then escorted to a riser nearby where another 50 Erimin-5 tablets were recovered,” the bureau said.

Said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Aaron Tang, CNB’s director of intelligence: “Drug traffickers care only about making as much profit as possible and will stop at nothing to get at that, even if it means causing harm to our society and inflicting injuries on CNB officers who are carrying out their duties.”

However, he noted that this “will not deter us from carrying out our mission to take them out”.

“In fact, this will only strengthen our resolve... to work even harder to disrupt their nefarious drug activities,” he said.

Individuals found guilty of trafficking more than 250g of methamphetamine or 500g of cannabis may face the mandatory death penalty.

Investigations into the drug activities of the arrested suspects are ongoing.