SINGAPORE, Aug 5 — A 22-year-old Malaysian man faces the potential death penalty after Singapore authorities arrested him at Woodlands Checkpoint for attempting to smuggle over 8.6 kilogrammes of cannabis and 1.5 kilogrammes of ‘ice’ across the border in a car.
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) confirmed in a statement today that officers intercepted the suspect on August 1 after discovering a suspicious box containing two blocks of suspected controlled substances inside the vehicle’s boot.
The illicit consignment, comprising approximately 8,646 grams of cannabis and 1,569 grams of methamphetamine, carries an estimated street value exceeding S$361,000 (RM1.15 million).
“Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers were immediately alerted to the detection and conducted further checks on the man and the car, which led to more controlled drugs being found in the car boot,” ICA stated.
According to enforcement agencies, the seized narcotics represented a substantial quantity capable of sustaining the addiction of roughly 2,132 drug abusers for a duration of one week.
Under Section 7 of Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act 1973, any individual convicted of illegally importing or exporting more than 500 grams of cannabis or more than 250 grams of methamphetamine faces the mandatory death penalty.
–NMT
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