A parcel coming into Singapore from Vietnam was intercepted by officers from ICA that may have contained Class A controlled drugs.
The CNB and HSA released a statement, revealing that the parcel interception led to preliminary investigations uncovering an apartment at Beach Road that was allegedly used to store and manufacture illegal medicines.
On 1 March, ICA officers intercepted the parcel that was labelled “medicine” after noticing anomalies and further check revealed that it contained 200 vials that were believed to have contained 20mg of fentanyl, which is an opiod that is 100 times more potent than morphine.
The package also contained other illegal medicines such as 40 vials of midazolam, 300 tablets of gabapentin, 400 tablets of codeine phosphate and 3990 tablets of diazepam.
A follow up operation was then conducted by CNB and they did a check on the intended recipient of the parcel, who is a 30-year-old Singapore PR.
The 30-year-old woman was subsequently arrested near Beach Road, along with 2 other men, aged 25 and 62.
The three suspects were escorted to their hideout, which was an apartment situated nearby, where CNB did a search and called in the HSA.
Officers found 16 litres of cough syrup in bottles and over 4,500 unlabelled tablets and pills.
Instruments used for mixing and rebottling were also uncovered at the scene, and investigations revealed that the apartment was allegedly used to manufacture and store cough syrup and medicines illegally.
At the time of writing, investigations are still ongoing.
Images source: ICA Singapore