SINGAPORE – The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has seized about 1.1kg of methamphetamine (or ‘Ice’), about 1kg of Ketamine, more than 50 Ecstasy tablets and 180 Erimin-5 tablets worth a total of over $218,000, and around $20,000 in cash in an operation in Geylang.
On Friday, Sep 23, CNB officers were deployed in the Geylang area to conduct observations on a unit of a suspected drug trafficker – a 32-year old Singaporean man, said a CNB statement today (Sep 24).
CNB officers also spotted a 41-year-old Malaysian man and a 25-year-old Singaporean woman approaching the back alley of the unit separately.
The woman was seen to have left the alley with a brown paper bag.
CNB officers proceeded to raid the unit, arresting the 32-year-old trafficker and the 25-year-old woman.
About 1kg of Ice and 1kg of Ketamine were seized from the brown paper bag.
Other amounts of ‘Ice’, more than 50 Ecstasy tablets, 180 Erimin-5 tablets and cash amounting to $19,200 were also recovered in the unit.
CNB officers continued to keep observation on the 41-year-old man to Eunos Avenue and arrested him, seizing a white envelope containing $950.
Investigations into the drug activities of all suspects are ongoing, said CNB.
The Misuse of Drugs Act allows for the death penalty if the amount of methamphetamine trafficked exceeds 250g.
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