CNB arrests 86 drug offenders in islandwide operation
Posted: 13 June 2012 1748 hrs
SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 86 drug traffickers and abusers in an extensive islandwide operation from June 11 to 13.
The operation covered areas such as Ang Mo Kio, Boon Lay, Bukit Batok, Chai Chee, Changi, Clementi, Geylang, Henderson, Hougang, Jurong East, Jalan Bukit Merah, North Bridge Road, Sims Drive, Toa Payoh, Telok Blangah, Upper Boon Keng and Yishun.
Thirty grams of heroin, 18 grams of 'Ice' and 22 Erimin-5 tablets were also seized during the operation.
In one of the cases, CNB officers raided a flat in Toa Payoh East on June 11 morning and arrested a 54-year-old Singaporean man who is suspected of trafficking heroin in the vicinity.
Officers searched the flat and found 21 straws and a small packet of heroin weighing about 14 grams from the living room and bedroom.
Officers also seized two mobile phones and some drug paraphernalia, such as aluminium foil with burn marks.
CNB conducted a follow-up operation and arrested four suspected clients at the void deck of the same Toa Payoh East HDB block, as well as other nearby areas.
The four men are aged from 44 to 63.
The 54-year-old suspected drug peddler faces a minimum sentence of five years' jail and five strokes of the cane if convicted of trafficking.
The four suspected drug abusers have been sent to a drug rehabilitation centre.
- CNA/fa
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