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SINGAPORE: Five men, aged between 19 and 39, were arrested for suspected drug trafficking on Tuesday (Sep 17) during a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) operation. The series of raids also netted a large assortment of drugs with an estimated street value of S$333,000, the bureau said in a news release on Thursday. This included about 6.
5kg of cannabis. CNB said its officers arrested a 26-year-old man in the carpark of a residential estate near Anchorvale Lane on Tuesday morning. About 32g of Ice was found on him.
Simultaneously, another group of officers raided a unit in the same estate and arrested four other men. They also found and seized about 6.15kg of cannabis, 777g of Ice which is also known as crystal methamphetamine, 281g of ecstasy, 693 lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) stamps and 1,378 Erimin-5 tablets.
CNB officers then escorted one of the suspects, a 39-year-old man, to his car that was parked nearby. A search of the vehicle yielded about 375g of cannabis, 129g of Ice, 11g of ecstasy and 51 Erimin-5 tablets. Three children aged 11, 13 and 15 were in the unit when it was raided.
"Appropriate arrangements" were made to ensure that the children's welfare was taken care of, CNB said, adding that the children have been placed in the care of their next-of-kin. Following the arrests at Anchorvale Lane, CNB officers raided the official residences of the five men. At the home of one of the suspects, near Tampines North Drive 1, officers recovered about 19g of Ice, two LSD stamps and five Erimin-5 tablets.
Investigations into the drug activities of the five Singaporean men are ongoing. Anyone found guilty of trafficking more than 250g of methamphetamine, or more than 500g of cannabis, may face the mandatory death penalty. The drugs seized in this operation could have potentially fed the addiction of 1,480 abusers for a week, CNB said.
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