Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers arrested three Singaporeans for suspected drug activities on 11 January 2022. A total of about 423g of ‘Ice’, with an estimated street value of $63,000, was seized, along with various drug paraphernalia and cash amounting to $19,100. 115 tablets of prescription drugs, including nitrazepam, midazolam and diazepam, and two bottles of cough syrup were also seized in the operation. The seizure of 423g of ‘Ice’ can feed the addiction of about 240 abusers for a week.
2. In the evening of 11 January, CNB officers arrested a 37-year-old Singaporean man in the vicinity of Bukit Batok Street 52, and one packet containing about 1g of ‘Ice’ was recovered from him. The 37-year-old man was also escorted to his residence in the vicinity of Bukit Batok West Avenue 4. 110 tablets of prescription drugs and two bottles of cough syrup were further seized from the unit.
3. In a follow-up operation conducted in the same evening, CNB officers arrested a 29-year-old Singaporean man in the vicinity of Bukit Batok Street 52, and raided a residential unit in the same vicinity, where a 30-year-old Singaporean woman was arrested therein. 10 packets containing a total of about 422g of ‘Ice’, various drug paraphernalia and cash amounting to $19,100 were found in the unit. Five tablets of prescription drugs were further recovered.
4. Investigations into the drug activities of all arrested suspects are ongoing.
CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU
12 January 2022
Photo 1 (CNB): Packets of ‘Ice’, which were recovered in a residential unit in the vicinity of Bukit Batok Street 52, seized in a CNB operation on 11 January 2022.
Photo 2 (CNB): 10 packets containing about 422g of ‘Ice’ seized from the residential unit in the vicinity of Bukit Batok Street 52 in a CNB operation on 11 January 2022.
