Singapore's biggest cannabis seizure in 25 years in Choa Chu Kang bust
Central Narcotics Bureau officers arrested a 22-year-old Malaysian man near Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 on 16 April 2021 and seized 23.7 kilograms of cannabis, the bureau's largest cannabis haul since 1996. The drugs, found in the man and his hideout flat alongside heroin, Ice and Ecstasy, were valued at more than S$2.3 million altogether.
Central Narcotics Bureau officers arrested a 22-year-old Malaysian man in the late afternoon of 16 April 2021 in the vicinity of Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 on suspicion of drug trafficking, recovering four bundles with about 3,915 grams of cannabis from him.[1]Officers then searched his hideout in a residential unit in the same area, seizing a further 20 bundles with about 19,772 grams of cannabis from the storeroom along with heroin, Ice and Ecstasy tablets.[1]
In total the operation recovered about 23,687 grams of cannabis, the bureau’s largest cannabis seizure since 1996, as well as its largest heroin seizure since 2001.[1][2]The drugs were estimated to be worth more than S$2.3 million altogether.[1][2]Singapore has a zero-tolerance policy for drugs, and trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can carry the death penalty.[2]
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