This month, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) conducted more anti-drug operations to weed out the scourge of drugs from Singapore.
In one of the raids, four pots of cannabis plants were found inside a flat in Yishun.
Source: Central Narcotics Bureau
An 18-year-old Singaporean man was subsequently arrested.
The discovery of cannabis plants in an Yishun flat was included in a news release from the CNB on Monday (20 May),
In the statement, the CNB said it conducted an islandwide anti-drug operation from 6 to 17 May.
The raids took place across locations in Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Batok, Fernvale (Sengkang), Geylang Bahru, Hougang, Pasir Ris, Sembawang, Teck Whye and Yishun.
One operation was carried out on 16 May at dawn in a residential unit in the vicinity of Yishun Avenue 3.
The officers entered the bedroom of a man and searched his cupboard, uncovering four pots.
One of them had a cannabis plant growing in it, while the other three contained dried-up remnants of cannabis plants.
Source: Central Narcotics Bureau
CNB also recovered various drug paraphernalia, as well as plant cultivation equipment such as soil and organic compost.
The 18-year-old man who lived there had been attempting to cultivate cannabis plants for about a month, according to preliminary investigations.
He was thus arrested under Section 10 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973.
It states that cultivation of cannabis plants is an offence, punishable by not less than three years in prison and/or a fine of S$5,000.
Source: Central Narcotics Bureau
In another raid on 6 May, CNB officers probed a residential unit in the vicinity of Fernvale Road, Sengkang.
After a search, they found small amounts of ‘Ice’ and heroin, as well as various drug paraphernalia.
They also arrested two Singaporeans — a 52-year-old man for suspected drug trafficking and his 14-year-old son for suspected drug consumption.
The man had given drugs to his son, according to preliminary investigations.
The boy, who is a Secondary Two student, was the youngest person arrested in CNB’s recent operations.
CNB Deputy Director for Policy & Administration Sng Chern Hong said the case was “a stark manifestation of the untold harm and destruction brought on by drugs on families and society”, adding:
Familial and inter-generational drug abuse contamination are real.
It’s also a reminder that Singapore’s zero-tolerance stance against drugs cannot be loosened.
Separately, a one-year-old toddler was found during a raid of a residential unit on 7 May.
Source: Central Narcotics BureauThe child’s mother, a 39-year-old suspected drug abuser, was also in the unit when the operation was carried out over suspected drug activities.
The toddler has been placed under the care of a close relative.
In total, 159 suspected drug offenders were arrested during the raids in May, CNB said.
About 20% of them were below the age of 30.
The amount of drugs seized include:
They have an estimated street value of about S$221,000.
Investigations are ongoing into all the arrested suspects.
Also read: Yishun “Farmer” Who Grew Cannabis At Home & Smoked It Pleads Guilty, Gets 4 Years’ Jail
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Featured image adapted from the Central Narcotics Bureau.
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