Updated: 03/27/2014 18:04 | By Channel NewsAsia
Seven arrested, over 2kg of drugs seized at Woodlands Checkpoint
SINGAPORE: Seven suspects were arrested and more than two kilogrammes of drugs were recovered on Wednesday in various operations at the Woodlands Checkpoint over a 24-hour period.
The first case involved four Singaporeans, aged between 31 and 47.
Officers seized some 640 grammes of heroin, small amounts of "Ice" and cannabis, as well as more than S$32,000 in that case.
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers had first arrested a suspect who attempted to bring in controlled substances into Singapore via Woodlands Checkpoint.
CNB officers followed up a few hours later, and found more drugs in a flat in Punggol, where they also arrested three other Singaporeans.
Two more Singaporeans were arrested in the second case.
Officers recovered four bundles of cannabis weighing about 856 grammes in an air filter box of a motorcycle ridden by the two Singaporeans, aged 44 and 53.
A follow-up raid at the 53-year-old's taxi, which was parked at Telok Blangah, turned up a small packet of cannabis and drug-taking utensils.
A sixth Singaporean -- a 70-year-old man -- was also nabbed for trying to smuggle six small bundles of cannabis in his underwear.
And in the last case, a Malaysian man driving a Malaysia-registered taxi was arrested after officers found a block of cannabis under the driver's seat.
In total, over a period of 24 hours, about 640 grammes of heroin, 1.5 kilogrammes of cannabis and a small amount of "Ice" were recovered.
The total street value of the drugs recovered was more than S$117,000.
Investigations into all the cases are ongoing.
In a statement, the CNB and ICA said the Home Team agencies will continue to conduct checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent smuggling attempts. - CNA/gn
