A drug syndicate that had been operating in the vicinity of Orchard Road was just dismantled yesterday when the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) successfully pulled off a drug bust in the heart of town.
Yesterday evening, CNB officers were deployed around a multi-storey carpark near Scotts Road to monitor a suspected drug trafficker. The trafficker — a 41-year-old Singaporean male — and a 39-year-old Malaysian man were spotted in the vicinity at about 7.10pm. The local man went to his car and the Malaysian man rode off on a motorcycle.
Another drug trafficker — a 42-year-old Singaporean male — arrived at the multi-storey carpark in a car with two other suspects. He left the carpark later on.
Officers stormed the 41-year-old man and arrested him. His 23-year-old female companion was nabbed as well — she was in the man’s car that was found in the vicinity of Bideford Road. Four bundles of heroin weighing around 1.8kg were recovered from the car.
The second suspected drug trafficker was arrested as well in the vicinity of Devonshire road, along with the two of his passengers. From his car, 470g of heroin, 260g of meth, 470 Erimin-5 tablets and over 100 Ecstasy tablets were found. About $6,500 in cash was recovered from the drug trafficker as well.
As for the Malaysian man who rode off on a motorcycle, he was nabbed at Tuas Checkpoint, where officers recovered $3,500 from him.
It’s the death penalty for them if the amount of pure heroin they trafficked exceeds 15g.
