The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) today said four of its officers were attacked by an assailant with a knife during a raid at a residential unit on Petir Road yesterday.
Four were injured but managed to subdue the man, who CNB did not identify. Three of them later received treatments at the hospital for “cuts and lacerations.”
The 15cm blade and drugs were seized from the unit.
The man will be charged today for voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant in the discharge of his duty. Investigations into the attack and his suspected drug offense are ongoing.
Reports said the man was 26 years old.
“The Home Team has zero tolerance towards such brazen acts of violence towards public servants who are carrying out their duties, and will not hesitate to take firm action against those who blatantly disregard the law,” the police and CNB said in a joint release yesterday.
The drug enforcement agency and the Ministry of Home Affairs have been very vocal about publicizing news about drug raids and drug-related offenses (in addition to posting cringy TikToks) over the past year, seemingly to support its controversial use of the death penalty against drug offenders.
The ministry on Wednesday published reports from three vague studies that found a large majority of Singaporeans and those in other, unnamed regional cities supported the use of capital punishment.
If found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt, the man could be jailed for up to seven years in addition to being fined and caned.
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