While clearing immigration, a 39-year-old Malaysian man attempted to smuggle over 3 kilograms of cannabis and nearly 2 kilograms of methamphetamine, splitting them into seven packages, and was arrested at Singapore’s Woodlands Checkpoint.
According to a joint statement released on the 29th by Lianhe Zaobao, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), the 39-year-old Malaysian national tried to smuggle approximately 3,272 grams of cannabis and 1,709 grams of methamphetamine through the Woodlands Checkpoint, and was apprehended by law enforcement officers.
Based on intelligence provided by ICA’s Integrated Targeting Centre, officers carried out further checks on the Malaysian man on the evening of the 22nd at Woodlands Checkpoint. Immigration officers found two black packages in the man's luggage suspected to contain drugs, and immediately alerted CNB to follow up. Upon further inspection, officers discovered a total of seven packages suspected to contain drugs.
The statement said that these packages collectively contained about 3,272 grams of cannabis and 1,709 grams of methamphetamine, with a black market value estimated at over SGD $237,000 (about MYR 747,800), enough to supply approximately 1,440 drug abusers for a week.
According to Section 7 of Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, anyone who imports or exports more than 250g of methamphetamine or 500g of cannabis, if found guilty, may be sentenced to death.