On the afternoon of 4 January 2025, Central Narcotics Bureau officers arrested a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old man at a car park near Cassia Crescent in Geylang.[1] A third suspect, aged 25, fled on seeing the arrests but was caught after a short pursuit, and officers seized an offensive weapon from him and handed it to the police.[1]
The 27-year-old was carrying about 1,855 g of heroin, 1,032 g of ‘Ice’, 98 g of Ecstasy tablets and 300 Erimin-5 tablets, while the 25-year-old had about 136 g of ‘Ice’ and 21 g of cannabis on him.[1] Officers then raided the 27-year-old’s suspected hideout, a flat in the same area, where they recovered more ‘Ice’, heroin, Erimin-5 tablets and a small amount of Ecstasy, and arrested a 25-year-old woman suspected of drug abuse.[1] A search of the car the first two men were arrested next to recovered about 11.78 kg of cannabis along with heroin, ‘Ice’, ketamine, Ecstasy tablets and 1,200 Erimin-5 tablets.[1]
All four suspects are Singaporeans.[1] CNB put the street value of the total haul at more than S$1 million, enough to feed about 4,590 abusers for a week.[1] Trafficking more than 500 g of cannabis can carry the mandatory death sentence in Singapore.[1] Investigations were continuing.[1]
