CNB seizes 1.6kg of heroin, other drugs worth more than S$118,000

SINGAPORE — The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested seven suspected drug offenders and seized more than S$118,000 worth of ilicit drugs, including 1.6kg of heroin, in a two-day operation conducted between Monday night (Nov 10) and early yesterday morning (Nov 11).

The first arrest occurred at a housing block in Lower Delta Road. CNB officers raided the hideout of a suspected drug trafficker on Monday night and arrested a 41-year-old female Singaporean with various drug paraphernalia.

The woman, however, was not the suspected drug trafficker. CNB officers subsequently laid an ambush and in the early hours of yesterday morning, the suspected drag trafficker, a 34-year-old Singaporean woman, was arrested together with a 29-year-old male suspect when they returned to the hideout.

From a sling bag that the 34-year-old woman was carrying, officers recovered a total of about 630g of heroin, 42g of ‘Ice’, 23 Erimin-5 tablets, cash of more than S$4,200 and a digital weighing scale.

Following up from this arrest, two suspected clients of the trafficker were arrested in the vicinity of Lower Delta Road and Woodlands Drive. Small amounts of heroin and various drug paraphernalia were recovered from the two men, aged 37 and 49.

CNB officers later raided a unit suspected to be the drug supplier’s hideout in the vicinity of Sims Drive. A search of the hideout recovered a total of about 970g of heroin. The 34-year-old male suspected drug supplier and a 21-year-old female suspected abuser were both arrested.

Investigations on all the suspects are ongoing, said the CNB.

Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, they may face the death penalty if the amount of diamorphine, or pure heroin, trafficked exceeds 15g.