CNB seizes drugs worth $353,000; eight men arrested
POSTED: 12 Apr 2013 9:36 PM
The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized 2.58kg of heroin and 1.98kg of cannabis in an operation conducted on Thursday.
Drugs were found within a gear panel compartment (Photo: Central Narcotics Bureau)
SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized 2.58kg of heroin and 1.98kg of cannabis in an operation conducted on Thursday.
Eight men were arrested.
Other drugs seized included about 83g of 'Ice' and 70 Erimin-5 tablets.
The drugs are estimated to worth more than S$353,000.
A team of CNB officers arrested a 19-year-old and a 49-year-old, both Malaysians, who had met up with a suspected drug courier.
A bag containing a block of cannabis, weighing about 990g, was recovered from the back passenger seats of the taxi they were travelling in.
Concurrently, another team of CNB officers arrested the suspected drug courier, a 32-year-old Malaysian.
Following the arrest, CNB officers conducted follow-up investigation and established that several drug traffickers were expected to collect drugs from the man.
A follow-up operation was launched to apprehend them.
From the operation, five other suspected drug traffickers, one Malaysian and four Singaporeans, were arrested.
The youngest was a 21-year-old male Malaysian and the oldest, a 41-year-old male Singaporean.
A total of about 180g of heroin, 50g of 'Ice', 70 Erimin-5 tablets, drug paraphernalia and cash amounting to S$13,210 were seized from these five men.
The CNB officers also searched a trailer they had spotted the suspected drug courier entering and recovered about 2,400g of heroin, 990g of cannabis, 33g of 'Ice' and cash amounting to S$190 and RM$300.
All eight suspects arrested in this operation will be investigated for drug trafficking.
- CNA/de
