On 20 January 2025 at about 11pm, a 58-year-old Singaporean man was arrested for attempting to smuggle a large amount of heroin in a Singapore-registered car arriving at Woodlands Checkpoint.
2. ICA officers directed the car for enhanced checks where they uncovered 10 black bundles concealed under the driver’s seat, and five black bundles concealed beneath the front passenger seat. As the bundles were suspected to contain controlled drugs, the man was immediately placed under arrest and the case was handed over to the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for further investigation.
3. The bundles were later found to contain drugs amounting to about 5,653g of heroin, 14g of ‘Ice’, 11g of ‘Ecstasy’ and 2,000 Erimin-5 tablets, estimated to be worth more than SGD628,000 and could potentially feed the addiction of about 2,700 abusers for a week. Cash of SGD48.60 and MYR1,640.90 were also seized.
4. Under Section 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, those who import into or export from Singapore more than 15g of diamorphine or “pure heroin” may face the death penalty.
5. Our borders are our first line of defence in safeguarding Singapore’s security. ICA will continue to work with CNB to prevent attempts to smuggle drugs across our borders. ICA will also continue to conduct security checks at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle undesirable persons, weapons, explosives and other contrabands across our borders.
Photo (CNB): Drugs found concealed in various parts of a car driven by 58-year-old Singaporean man attempting to smuggle the drugs into Singapore on 20 January 2025.
IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY
CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU
23 JANUARY 2025
