Drug offences

Bread stall initiative offers female ex-offenders a shot at being their own boss one day

Ex-convicts Yun Li Hua (left), 45 and Chris Wong, 52, manning a bread stall, Roti Kari. To create employment for female ex-offenders, a charity called Blessed Grace Social Services has partnered an F&B Group to run hawker stalls hiring the women ex-convicts. The women get paid a salary and some profit sharing for running these stalls selling bread.

China overturns death sentence for Canadian in drug case

Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was detained on drug charges in 2014.

99 arrested in islandwide anti-drug raids, over $38k worth of drugs seized

A suspected drug offender arrested in CNB's islandwide raids from Feb 2 to 6.

Another S’porean added to US govt ‘worst of worst’ site for criminals

Lim Seok Pheng was suspected of money laundering when she was arrested in May 2018 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Australia drug kingpin walks free after police informant scandal

Melbourne gangland personality Tony Mokbel will walk free after prosecutors dropped a planned retrial on drug trafficking charges.

Colombia’s Petro, Trump hail talks after bitter rift

A photo released by the White House showing US President Donald Trump (right) and Colombian President Gustavo Petro talking in the Oval Office on Feb 3.

77 traffic accidents involved suspected drug or etomidate use between 2023 and 2025: Shanmugam

On Aug 30, 2025, a car accident along Hougang Ave 2 saw two men being arrested over drug-related offences. One of the drivers had a backpack of vapes in his vehicle.

Singaporean man among two nabbed in Johor raids on syndicate peddling drug-laced vapes

Johor police chief Ab Rahaman Arsad (centre) said the first suspect acted as a distributor, while the second was believed to manage the syndicate’s finances.

Malaysian court acquits French man on drug charges

The High Court in Alor Setar ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove that Mr Tom Felix had control, custody or possession of the drugs in the case.

Forum: Collective effort remains the strongest defence against drugs

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