SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested two men; a 38-year-old driver and his 27-year-old passenger during an operation with an estimated S$692,000 (US$514,222) worth of drugs seized. CNB officers seized controlled drugs from a car at a multi-storey car park near Choa Chu Kang Street 51 on June 4, Thursday.
During an inspection of a vehicle, they seized about 4.5kg of cannabis, 968g of Ice or methamphetamine, 63g of ketamine, 1,180 Erimin-5 tablets, about 1.1kg of Ecstasy, and 181 lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) stamps. Another 50 Erimin-5 tablets were seized from a nearby platform.
Two CNB officers got injured during the operation, inflicting skin injuries on their arms as both the Singaporean suspects, refused to cooperate and resisted arrest forcefully and aggressively. Subsequently, the injured officers received outpatient treatment for their skin wounds.
CNB said that the cannabis and Ice, seized in the operation can feed the addiction of about 1,200 abusers for a week.
“Drug traffickers only care about making profits and will stop at nothing to get it – even if it means causing harm to our society and inflicting injuries on CNB officers, But this will not deter us … in fact, this will only strengthen our resolve to work harder to disrupt their nefarious drug activities.” Deputy Assistant Commissioner Aaron Tang, CNB’s director of intelligence, added.
Investigations into the drug activities of the arrested suspects are still ongoing. A mandatory death sentence will be Penalized, if anyone is found guilty of trafficking more than 250g of methamphetamine or 500g of cannabis.
