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SINGAPORE - An African syndicate was caught trying to traffic $460,000 worth of 'Ice' using a Malaysian woman departing Singapore in a taxi at the Woodands Checkpoint.
On February 21, at about 7pm, a Malaysian registered taxi was stopped by Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers for checks.
With the assistance of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers, the CNB officers recovered a luggage from the car boot belonging to a female Malaysian passenger in the taxi.
Further inspection of the luggage revealed a crystalline substance hidden in the inner lining of the luggage. Subsequently, about 2.3kg of 'Ice' was seized.
The 29-year-old Malaysian woman was placed under arrest. She is believed to have collected the drug consignment earlier from an African woman in Singapore.
In a follow-up operation on the same night, CNB officers arrested the African woman at a guest house in the vicinity of Serangoon Road.
The 32-year-old female Ghanian was believed to have checked out from another budget hotel upon handing over the drug consignment to the Malaysian woman before transferring to the guest house.
Both women are under investigation for drug trafficking. If convicted, they may face the death penalty.
Singapore's transport connectivity makes the country an attractive transport node for drug syndicates in the region, CNB said.
Nonetheless, CNB warned all West African drug syndicates still active in the region that CNB will not tolerate any syndicate operating here, and will work with our regional counterparts to monitor these syndicates.
CNB also sounded a warning to Singaporeans not to allow themselves to be made use of by foreign drug syndicates.
On February 21, at about 7pm, a Malaysian registered taxi was stopped by Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers for checks.
With the assistance of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers, the CNB officers recovered a luggage from the car boot belonging to a female Malaysian passenger in the taxi.
Further inspection of the luggage revealed a crystalline substance hidden in the inner lining of the luggage. Subsequently, about 2.3kg of 'Ice' was seized.
The 29-year-old Malaysian woman was placed under arrest. She is believed to have collected the drug consignment earlier from an African woman in Singapore.
In a follow-up operation on the same night, CNB officers arrested the African woman at a guest house in the vicinity of Serangoon Road.
The 32-year-old female Ghanian was believed to have checked out from another budget hotel upon handing over the drug consignment to the Malaysian woman before transferring to the guest house.
Both women are under investigation for drug trafficking. If convicted, they may face the death penalty.
Singapore's transport connectivity makes the country an attractive transport node for drug syndicates in the region, CNB said.
Nonetheless, CNB warned all West African drug syndicates still active in the region that CNB will not tolerate any syndicate operating here, and will work with our regional counterparts to monitor these syndicates.
CNB also sounded a warning to Singaporeans not to allow themselves to be made use of by foreign drug syndicates.
