Woman hid drugs between sanitary pads in her undergarments
Posted: 02 December 2011 1445 hrs
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.
The woman was one of 124 suspected drug offenders arrested over a two-day period in three separate operations on 30 November and 1 December.
They include six suspected drug traffickers -- all of whom are Singaporean men -- 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, estimated to be worth S$77,000, was also seized in that operation.
- CNA/wk/ck
