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SINGAPORE: A Malaysian woman has been arrested for trying to smuggle two bundles of heroin hidden between two sanitary pads in her undergarments.
She was nabbed at the Woodlands Checkpoint in a joint operation between the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
CNB said she was searched by officers who found 960 grammes of heroin —— worth approximately S$144,000 —— on her.
She will be investigated for importation of a controlled drug and, if convicted, may face the death penalty.
CNB said it nabbed 124 suspected drug offenders in islandwide raids on 30 November and 1 December.
They include six suspected drug traffickers —— all of whom are Singaporean males —— nabbed in a raid that covered various districts across Singapore, including Clementi, Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh and Tiong Bahru.
A combined haul of drugs estimated to be worth S$266,000 was also seized.
In another operation targeting syndicates in the eastern region of Singapore, a suspected drug trafficker was among those arrested.
A cocktail of drugs was also seized in that operation, estimated to be worth S$77,000.
— CNA/wk
She was nabbed at the Woodlands Checkpoint in a joint operation between the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
CNB said she was searched by officers who found 960 grammes of heroin —— worth approximately S$144,000 —— on her.
She will be investigated for importation of a controlled drug and, if convicted, may face the death penalty.
CNB said it nabbed 124 suspected drug offenders in islandwide raids on 30 November and 1 December.
They include six suspected drug traffickers —— all of whom are Singaporean males —— nabbed in a raid that covered various districts across Singapore, including Clementi, Ang Mo Kio, Toa Payoh and Tiong Bahru.
A combined haul of drugs estimated to be worth S$266,000 was also seized.
In another operation targeting syndicates in the eastern region of Singapore, a suspected drug trafficker was among those arrested.
A cocktail of drugs was also seized in that operation, estimated to be worth S$77,000.
— CNA/wk
