$207,000 worth of drugs seized
PUBLISHED ONAugust 23, 2013 1:05 PM
SINGAPORE - The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has arrested 11 suspects and seized more than 2.7kg of drugs, worth $207,000, in a recent drug raid.
On Aug 22, 2013, CNB officers who were investigating the suspected drug activities of a 38-year-old male drug trafficker were deployed at his hideout at a HDB block in Toa Payoh Lorong 5.
The suspected drug trafficker and two drug abusers, a 33-year-old female and a 39-year-old male, were arrested at the hideout.
About 1.2kg of heroin, 1 kg of cannabis and 90g of Ice were recovered from the unit.
Subsequently, the CNB officers also arrested 8 more drug offenders, aged 21 to 45, from a budget hotel in Bugis. About 450 grams of cannabis, 80 grams of heroin and other assortment of drugs and drug use items were recovered from the room.
Investigations against the11 who were arrested are on-going.