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A 63-year-old Singaporean man was killed when officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) raided an apartment in Bukit Batok on Monday.
The CNB said yesterday in a statement that agents had to use force to enter the unit in Block 304 Bukit Batok Street 31, as the occupants refused to let them in, despite the agents identifying themselves.
But before they could get inside, the man, suspected of drug trafficking, climbed out of the kitchen window and fell from a height, CNB said.
He was pronounced dead by paramedics from the Singapore Civil Defense Forces who arrived at the scene.
A neighbor, who lives two stories below the man’s unit and did not want to be identified, told The New Paper: “There were a lot of bumps and bumps coming from above. It was strong but lasted only a few minutes.”
Two others, a 65-year-old Singaporean and a 33-year-old foreigner, were also arrested.
During a search of the unit, officers found a total of approximately 4.790 g of heroin, 1.124 g of ice, three packets containing approximately 13 g of new psychoactive substances, and 20 tablets of Erimin-5 in a toilet and other locations.
Cash worth $ 174,000 was also recovered along with drug paraphernalia.
The two arrests were part of the latest raid by CNB agents on Monday. Six suspected drug offenders were arrested.
A total of 5,130 g of heroin, 1,125 g of ice, 13 g of new psychoactive substances, and 20 tablets of Erimin-5 were seized, the value of which is estimated at almost $ 700,000.
On Monday, officers intercepted a vehicle in the vicinity of Sunset Way and arrested two Singaporeans, a 44-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman.
Ten packages containing 80 g of heroin were found in the vehicle.
Before the arrest, the 44-year-old man had met with the 63-year-old man.
The follow-up operation took the agents to the dead man’s unit.
In another follow-up operation on Monday, CNB raided a business unit near Tanjong Pagar Road and arrested two Singaporean men, 62 and 64 years old.
A total of 35 packages containing approximately 260 g of heroin and 1 g of ice were seized from the unit.
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