Anton Andrievsky, a 28-year-old American citizen and Singapore permanent resident with prior drug offences, was sentenced on 16 September 2026 to two years and three months’ jail after pleading guilty to attempted drug possession.[1][2] The sentence followed the interception of a registered mail parcel from Britain at the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority’s screening section at SingPost Centre on Eunos Road on 30 September 2025.[1][2]
An officer spotted anomalies in the parcel’s X-ray image, opened it and found a pair of jeans and two packets of vegetable matter.[1][2] The package was addressed to Andrievsky’s Toa Payoh flat but listed a previous owner as recipient; he later admitted ordering about 140 g of cannabis from a Telegram contact called “Yaz” for personal use and intended to pay S$2,500 on delivery.[1][2] Health Sciences Authority analysis found at least 136.13 g of cannabis in the packets.[2]
Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers went to the flat that afternoon, identified themselves and knocked, but Andrievsky, alone inside, did not open the door despite warnings; officers forced entry and arrested him.[1][2] He could give no details on Yaz beyond a Telegram user ID and said he could not unlock his phone to show their chat because he had forgotten the password.[1][2] Prosecutors cited his earlier reformative training in 2019 and sought up to 30 months’ jail.[2]
