SINGAPORE: A 22-year-old Malaysian was arrested in Singapore last Friday for suspected drug trafficking, and the drugs confiscated from him could feed up to 12,000 drug abusers for a week.
Singapore Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), in its statement on its website, said the youth was arrested in the vicinity of Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 by its officers.
The drugs, weighing more than 40kg recovered from the youth, were valued at S$2.3 million (RM7.1 million) and they include 16,548gm of heroin, 2,033gm of syabu or “Ice”, 23,687gm of cannabis or ganja, and 110 “Ecstasy” tablets.
The man was arrested with a total of four bundles of cannabis weighing 3,915gm with him, and a search at his hideout – a residential unit in the same area – found more drugs in a duffel bag and backpack.
A total of eight bundles containing about 3,782gm of heroin and two bundles containing about 2,033gm of “Ice”, and 110 “Ecstasy” tablets were seized from his bedroom. Also, a total of 27 bundles containing about 12,766gm of heroin and 20 bundles containing about 19,772gm of cannabis were further seized from the storeroom.
“Investigations into the drug-related activities of the suspect are ongoing,” CNB said.
The total amount of drugs seized in the operation is sufficient to feed 7,880 heroin abusers, 1,160 “Ice” abusers and 3,380 cannabis abusers for a week, it said.-BERNAMA