Two Singaporeans arrested for vape-related drug offences
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Numerous vape-related products, including 115 vape pods and 13 vapes believed to contain etomidate, and cash totalling $4,924.20 were seized, CNB said on Oct 31.
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SINGAPORE – A 42-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were separately arrested on Oct 30 for alleged drug offences involving e-vaporisers.
Numerous vape-related products, including 115 vape pods and 13 vapes believed to contain etomidate, and cash totalling $4,924.20 were seized, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement on Oct 31.
Acting on a tip-off, CNB said it arrested the Singaporean man at his home near Yishun Ring Road on the morning of Oct 30.
CNB officers found numerous vape-related products and cash amounting to $3,900 in the unit.
They searched the rubbish chute linked to the unit, after suspecting the man might have thrown something down the chute. There, they found a total of 109 vape pods and 11 vapes believed to contain etomidate.
The Singaporean woman was arrested in her home in Fernvale on the same morning.
The unit and her belongings were searched, and numerous vape products and cash amounting to $1024.20 were seized.
The vape products included six vape pods and two vapes believed to contain etomidate.
Investigations are ongoing, said CNB.
