The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement earlier today (2 February) that 4 Singaporeans between the ages of 36 and 54 were arrested for suspected drug offences.
One of the arrested suspects had put up a violent struggle during the arrest.
The CNB said that about 6.78kg of heroin, 9g of methamphetamine, 22g of cannabis, 102 Erimin-5 tablets and 14 bottles of methadone were seized during the operation, with the estimated street value of the illegal drugs being about $480,000.
A 49-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman were arrested at a block near Jurong West Street 93 for suspected drug trafficking offences, and the man put up a violent struggle.
The police had to use necessary force to subdue the suspect, according to a spokesperson for the CNB, and several packets and straws containing about 70 grams of heroin were seized from the man.
His residence was then raised in the same block and two other men aged 51 and 54 were subsequently arrested inside the unit.
Offices seized about 7 grams of heroin, 2 tablets of Erimin-5 and 5 bottles of methadone from the unit.
Before the two men were arrested, suspected controlled drugs were believed to have been thrown out of the unit’s window and the police later recovered the items, including packets that contained about 32 grams of heroin.
The 36-year-old woman and the 49-year-old man were then brought to the man’s suspected hideout at the same block, where officers found 6,679g of heroin, 9g of Ice, 22g of cannabis, 100 Erimin-5 tablets and nine bottles of methadone.
Investigations into the suspects’ drug activities are currently ongoing and if convicted of drug trafficking (more than 15g of diamorphine, or pure heroin, 250g of Ice or 500g of cannabis), they face the death penalty.