CNB had arrested 119 suspected drug offenders in an island-wide anti-drug operation conducted from 19 to 29 February. About 1,900g of heroin, 390g of ‘Ice’, 453g of cannabis, 8g of ketamine, 2g of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), 82 ‘Ecstasy’ tablets, two Erimin-5 tablets, nine LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) stamps and 1g of cocaine, with a total estimated street value of about $343,000, were seized. The youngest arrested was an 18-year-old female drug trafficker.
Locations covered included a residential unit near Clementi Avenue 4, where two Singaporean male drug abusers aged 19 and 21 were arrested on 19 February. While CNB officers were conducting a search in the master bedroom, the 19-year-old had charged towards a CNB female officer with a knife from his hiding spot behind the curtains. CNB officers swiftly unarmed the assailant, subdued him and placed him under arrest. He was referred to Police for further investigation for criminal intimidation while CNB continues investigations into his drug offences.
On 21 February, four Singaporean males aged between 58 and 69 were arrested at a residential unit near Clementi Avenue 2 for suspected drug trafficking offences. A total of about 1,788 heroin, 19g of ‘Ice’ and various drug paraphernalia within the unit and strewn (out of the bedroom window) at the foot of the residential block were recovered and seized.
On 22 February, CNB officers had acted on information received and arrested a 23-year-old Singaporean man and an 18-year-old Singaporean girl at the void deck of a residential block near Edgefield Plains for suspected drug trafficking offences via Telegram. A search conducted had recovered 11g of ‘Ice’ from the man’s belongings, 60g of ‘Ice’ and 27 ‘Ecstasy’ tablets from his residence in the same block, and a baton and knuckle duster from his car. 3g of ‘Ice’ was also seized from the girl’s residence near Aljunied Crescent.
Under Section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, it is an offence for a person, on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of any other person, whether or not that other person is in Singapore, to traffic in a controlled drug, offer to traffic in a controlled drug; or to do or offer to do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of trafficking in a controlled drug. If a person is found guilty of trafficking more than 15g of diamorphine or “pure heroin”, he or she may face the mandatory death penalty.
Investigations into all arrested suspects are ongoing.