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David sun
The new role
November 11, 2020
Authorities faced dramatic clashes with two suspected drug offenders in separate incidents Sunday night.
In the first incident, officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) raided a unit on the 12th floor of Block 33 Bendemeer Road around 8:30 pm.
They were there to arrest a 61-year-old man in the unit, but he refused to open the door and threatened to hurt himself. He also threatened to injure the officers.
There was a confrontation that lasted approximately four hours, and the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) were activated during that time.
He was eventually arrested after officers from the SPF Special Operations Command (SOC) forced entry into the unit.
A police spokesman said several drug-related items were recovered from the unit.
A woman, who claims to be the man’s mother, told the Chinese Shin Min Daily News that the police took two tanks of gasoline as evidence. He claimed the tanks were used for his son’s hobby of making small glass products.
Around the same time, CNB officers were conducting another operation in Block 149 Toa Payoh Lorong 1. Officers were seen around 9 pm outside a unit in the block.
A man and a woman from the unit refused to open the door and the 46-year-old woman turned violent and threatened to harm herself.
The SPF’s Crisis Negotiation Unit was activated and engaged the duo, allowing officers to finally enter and arrest the woman. SOC officers were on standby as a precaution. The man from the unit was unhurt in the incident.
Residents of the block told Shin Min that the woman was removed from the unit on a stretcher, but that she was conscious and had no visible injuries.
This is believed to have been done for your own safety.
Officers cleared the scene around 2 a.m. Monday morning.
Officers from the SCDF Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team were on standby at both meeting points and had deployed air packages as a precaution.
A police spokesperson told The New Paper that the man from the first incident in Bendemeer is being investigated for drug-related offenses and crimes under the Protection from Harassment Act. The woman from the second incident in Toa Payoh is being investigated for drugs and was also wanted for crimes of cheating and possession of offensive weapons.
