Malaysian driver held with 8.6 kg of cannabis at Woodlands Checkpoint
On 1 August 2026 Immigration and Central Narcotics Bureau officers at Woodlands Checkpoint found 8,646 g of cannabis and 1,569 g of methamphetamine in a Malaysia-registered car and arrested the 22-year-old driver; the cannabis alone exceeded Singapore’s 500 g capital import threshold.
On the morning of 1 August 2026 ICA officers directed a Malaysia-registered car arriving at
Woodlands Checkpoint for enhanced checks.[1][2]They found controlled drugs in the boot and
alerted CNB, whose officers recovered about 8,646 g of cannabis and 1,569 g of
methamphetamine in total.[1][2]
The 22-year-old Malaysian driver was arrested for attempted smuggling.[1][2]ICA said the
drugs were worth more than S$361,000 and could supply about 2,132 abusers for a week, a figure
that covers both substances.[1][2]
Import or export of more than 500 g of cannabis carries a possible mandatory death sentence
under the Misuse of Drugs Act, the agencies noted.[1][2]
Case data
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Central Narcotics Bureau officers arrested a 64-year-old Singaporean man at a flat near Marsiling Road on 3 November 2026 and seized about 1,554 g of cannabis along with Ice, Ecstasy and cash. During the arrest he bit one officer's thigh through his jeans and spat on two others; he was referred to police for assault and obstruction as drug investigations continued.
ICA officers stopped a Malaysia-registered motorcycle at Tuas Checkpoint on 15 September 2026 and found about 10,164 g of cannabis in bundles under the seat and in a haversack on the handlebar. A 36-year-old Malaysian man and a 35-year-old Malaysian woman were arrested. The drugs were worth more than S$203,000 and could feed about 1,450 abusers for a week, and the amount was twenty…
Police called to a Holland Drive flat on 17 January 2026 led CNB to arrest a 47-year-old with 4,113 grams of cannabis and S$420,383.30 in cash; a linked arrest the next day in Choa Chu Kang added ketamine and methamphetamine but not more cannabis.
On 8 January 2026, Central Narcotics Bureau officers forced entry to a room in a West Coast Way condominium and arrested a 29-year-old Singaporean woman after seizing about 7,144 grams of cannabis and other drugs; trafficking above 500 g of cannabis can draw the mandatory death penalty.
