Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau arrested 100 suspected drug offenders in an island-wide operation from 18 to 22 July 2022.[1] Areas covered included Boon Lay, Changi, Sengkang and Toa Payoh.[1] On 19 July officers raided a residential unit near Sumang Walk and arrested a 56-year-old Singaporean man for suspected drug trafficking.[1] On 21 July officers arrested a 46-year-old Singaporean woman and a 41-year-old male foreign national in a private residential enclave near Haig Road.[1] On 21 July officers arrested four male foreign nationals aged 22 to 30 near Lorong 7 Geylang, catching a 25-year-old after he tried to evade arrest.[1]
Officers seized about 9,339g of cannabis along with heroin, Ice, ketamine, new psychoactive substances, Ecstasy tablets, an Erimin-5 tablet, an LSD stamp and six bottles of liquid suspected to contain GHB, with an estimated street value of $470,000 for all drugs together.[1] The bureau said the 9,339g of cannabis could feed the addiction of about 1,330 abusers for a week.[1] In the Lorong 9 Geylang hideout officers recovered about 9,282g of cannabis plus heroin, Ice and Ecstasy tablets, while smaller amounts of 32g and 3g of cannabis were recovered from two men near Lorong 7.[1] That smaller Lorong 7 recovery is reported here to account for the cannabis split within the Geylang cases.[1] In the Haig Road hideout officers recovered about 18g of cannabis along with Ice, ketamine, Ecstasy tablets, an LSD stamp and paraphernalia.[1] Mothership’s account confirms the Lorong 9 hideout yielded about 9,282g of cannabis with heroin, Ice and Ecstasy tablets.[2]
Trafficking, offering to traffic or doing any act preparatory to trafficking is an offence under Section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973.[1] The release notes that trafficking more than 500g of cannabis may face the mandatory death penalty.[1] Investigations into all arrested suspects were ongoing.[1]
