On Tuesday (May 18), more than 7kg of drugs including 2,287g of heroin, 5,041g of ‘Ice’ and more than 630g of Ecstasy tablets were seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) from several locations.
On May 18, CNB officers raided a residential unit along Jurong East Ave 1 and arrested 2 Singaporean males aged 26 and 28. They found 466g of heroin hidden in a fire extinguisher and 7g of ice in the unit. Various drug tools and cash was also found.
Before the arrest, various drugs were allegedly thrown out of the unit’s window. The CNB recovered the substances and seized 1,821g of heroin and 518g of ‘Ice’.
In another operation on the same day, CNB officers raided a location around Chai Chee Street. They then arrested 3 Singaporean males aged 26, 31 and 48 years old. A total of about 83g of ‘Ice’ was seized from them.
In a follow-up operation on the same day, CNB officers raided a residential unit around Lorong Limau and arrested one Singaporean male aged 31 and one female Singapore PR aged 27.
A total of about 4,346g of ‘Ice’, 6g of cannabis, about 1g of ketamine, more than 630g of ‘Ecstasy’ tablets, 201 Erimin-5 tablets, one LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) stamp and various drug tools were found in the unit and confiscated by CNB officers.
The 31-year-old suspect was then escorted to his vehicle and another 87g of ‘Ice’ were found.
Investigations on those 7 suspects are still ongoing.