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69 arrested by CNB during 5-day islandwide operations
By S Ramesh | Posted: 12 January 2012 1708 hrs
Suspects arrested during island-wide operations. (Photo: CNB)
SINGAPORE: Singapore's anti-drug agency, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) continues to intensify enforcement efforts with another island-wide operation.
It arrested 69 offenders and seized half a kilogram of heroin with a street of S$75,000.
The Bureau said the operations, which aim to suppress street-level illicit drug activity, are targeted primarily at drug abusers and pushers.
Separately, officers also arrested a 45-year-old Singaporean on Wednesday suspected to be a major drug trafficker in the eastern part of Singapore.
Officers had tailed a taxi he was in and found a black sling bag containing some 457 grams of heroin, estimated to be worth S$68,550.
A follow-up search of his home in Tampines uncovered drug paraphernalia such as digital weighing scales, empty plastic packets and improvised smoking apparatus.
The 60-year old driver of the taxi was also arrested.
Both men are being investigated for drug trafficking and may face the death penalty, if convicted.
- CNA/cc
