SINGAPORE: More than 1.4kg of drugs - worth an estimated S$129,500 - were seized at Woodlands Checkpoint early on Friday morning (Jun 12), according to a joint media release from the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).
According to the release, a 52-year-old male Singaporean driving a Singapore-registered taxi was stopped by ICA officers for routine checks upon arrival at Woodlands Checkpoint at about 1.20am on Friday. A 37-year-old female Malaysian passenger was also in the taxi.
ICA officers discovered seven bundles wrapped with black tape in a bag that was placed under the front passenger seat. Suspecting that the bundles contained controlled drugs, ICA officers alerted CNB, the release stated.
The bundles were found to contain a total of about 1.4kg of heroin, about 149g of 'Ice', 140 tablets of Ecstasy and 100 Erimin 5 pills.
The driver, the passenger, as well as the bundles were handed over to CNB for further investigations, the release said. Investigations on both subjects are ongoing.
- CNA/dl