Singapore drug sweep nets 100 arrests, seizes S$34,000 in narcotics
What's new: Officers found 689g of cannabis in one suspect's home, above the 500g threshold that can bring the death penalty.
Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau arrested 100 suspected drug offenders in an islandwide operation from July 12 to 17 and seized more than S$34,000 worth of drugs. The haul included about 859g of cannabis, 120g of heroin, 85g of Ice, 3g of ecstasy tablets and two Erimin-5 tablets, plus S$252.75 in cash. CNB said the seized cannabis, heroin and Ice could sustain 228 users for a week. In one case, officers arrested a 28-year-old Singaporean man on July 14 and recovered about 689g of cannabis and 9g of Ice from his home near Segar Road. In a separate July 16 operation at a Jurong foreign worker dormitory, nine Bangladeshi men were arrested and about 15g of cannabis was seized. Investigations are continuing.