Drugs worth about $330k seized in anti-drug operation; 5 Singaporeans arrested
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The drugs seized included about 6.15kg of cannabis.
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SINGAPORE - Drugs worth about $330,000 were seized in an anti-drug operation on Sept 17, with five Singaporean men arrested for suspected drug trafficking.
The men were aged between 19 and 39. The drugs could potentially feed the addictions of 1,480 abusers for a week, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Sept 19.
On the morning of Sept 17, CNB officers arrested a 26-year-old man in the carpark of a residential estate near Anchorvale Lane. He was found with about 32g of methamphetamine, or Ice, the bureau said.
At the same time, CNB officers raided a residential unit in the same estate, where four other men were arrested. About 6.15kg of cannabis, 777g of Ice, 281g of Ecstasy, 693 lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) stamps and 1,378 Erimin-5 tablets were seized.
CNB officers then escorted one of the suspects to his car, where about 375g of cannabis, 129g of Ice, 11g of Ecstasy and 51 Erimin-5 tablets were recovered.
Three children – aged 11, 13 and 15 – were in the unit when it was raided. The children are being cared for by their next of kin.
The residential units of the five suspects were subsequently searched, and about 19g of Ice, two LSD stamps and five Erimin-5 tablets were discovered in one of these units, around Tampines North Drive 1.
In Singapore, those found guilty of trafficking more than 250g of methamphetamine or more than 500g of cannabis may face the death penalty.
Investigations are ongoing.
