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SINGAPORE – Nearly $ 163,000 worth of heroin was seized at the Tuas checkpoint and three suspected drug offenders were arrested.
Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority (ICA) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) carried out a joint operation in the arrival cargo area at the Tuas Checkpoint on Thursday (August 27). ).
At around 5.40pm, a Malaysian-registered truck was subjected to further checks and more than 2kg of heroin was discovered, the ICA, SPF and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement on Saturday.
The 35-year-old truck driver and his two passengers, 23 and 37, were detained. All three men are Malaysians.
An officer saw a black backpack on the passenger’s floor during checks, despite prior instructions to the driver and his passengers to remove all belongings from the vehicle for inspection. A search of the bag uncovered five packets of granular substances, believed to be heroin, with a total weight of approximately 2,321 kg.
The three Malaysians were arrested and referred to the CNB.
Investigations are currently underway.
The total amount of heroin seized is enough to fuel the addiction of about 1,105 abusers for a week.
The ICA, SPF and CNB will continue to carry out security checks at checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle undesirables, drugs, weapons, explosives and other smuggling across Singapore’s borders, according to the statement.
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