The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) dismantled a drug syndicate and seized about 2.3kg of heroin, 260g of Ice, 470 Erimin-5 tablets and more than 100 Ecstasy tablets in an operation on Wednesday.
The estimated worth of the drugs is more than $210,000, it said in a press release yesterday.
CNB officers arrested a 41-year-old Singaporean man and a 23-year-old Singaporean woman in his car in the vicinity of Bideford Road on Wednesday evening after observing them at a multi-storey carpark in the vicinity of Scotts Road.
Four bundles of heroin weighing about 1.8kg were recovered from the boot.
A 39-year-old Malaysian man who had been observed in the vicinity with the Singaporean man was arrested separately at Tuas Checkpoint and $3,500 was recovered from him.
Another group of CNB officers apprehended the second drug trafficker, a 42-year-old Singaporean man, in the vicinity of Devonshire Road. Two other suspects in the car – a 30-year-old Singaporean man and a 22-year-old Singaporean woman – were also arrested.
A total of about 470g of heroin, 260g of Ice, 470 Erimin-5 tablets and more than 100 Ecstasy tablets were found within the car.
Cash amounting to $6,500 was recovered from the 42-year-old male trafficker.
Investigations are ongoing.
The suspects face the death penalty if the amount of diamorphine (or pure heroin) trafficked exceeds 15g.
This article by The Straits Times was published in MyPaper, a free, bilingual newspaper published by Singapore Press Holdings.
