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Drug syndicate busted, 13 suspects arrested
Posted: 20 March 2012 1844 hrs
SINGAPORE : The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has busted a drug trafficking group trafficking in various drugs including cannabis and 'Ice'.
Thirteen suspects were arrested in the sting operation conducted on Monday.
Drugs with an estimated street value of S$52,000 were also seized.
On Monday evening, CNB officers spotted a 50-year-old suspect wanted for drug trafficking offences in the vicinity of Upper Changi Road North.
He was with a 48-year-old female companion.
CNB officers moved in and arrested both persons, recovering about 610 grammes of cannabis and three Ecstasy tablets from the man.
The 48-year-old female was also wanted by CNB for a drug consumption offence.
The officers then went to an apartment the pair were renting in the vicinity and recovered a small amount of 'Ice' and various drug paraphernalia, including a digital weighing scale.
Officers also recovered cash amounting to about S$1,600.
During the search of the unit, the female suspect suddenly turned hysterical and tried to hurt herself with two fruit knives.
CNB officers managed to restrain the female suspect but in the process, two officers were injured and bitten.
In another incident on Monday, a 30-year-old suspected drug trafficker was spotted in the vicinity of Joo Chiat Place.
He was arrested and found with an envelope containing a small packet of ketamine and two Ecstasy tablets.
A 34-year-old male suspected drug abuser was also arrested.
The 30-year-old suspected drug trafficker led CNB officers to a unit of a private residential block in Joo Chiat Place where another seven persons suspected to be involved in drug activities were arrested.
Another unit in the same residential block was also raided and a male Singaporean and a female Vietnamese national were arrested.
A small packet of 'Ice' and cash amounting to about S$4,170 were recovered from the female's handbag.
A total of approximately 130 grammes of cannabis, 1,500 Erimin-5 tablets, a small packet of ketamine, and various drug paraphernalia, including a digital weighing scale, numerous empty plastic sachets and improvised drug smoking apparatus, were also recovered from the second unit.
Investigations into all the suspects' drug activities are currently ongoing.
Those convicted in court for drug trafficking will face a minimum penalty of five years' jail and five strokes of the cane.
- CNA/ms
