More than 4.7Kg of Heroin seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint

            In the evening of 5 August 2023, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled an attempt to smuggle about 4,723g of heroin in a Malaysia-registered car arriving at the Woodlands Checkpoint.

2.         When ICA officers conducted checks on the car, they detected a haversack in the car boot. A big bundle believed to contain controlled drugs was found. Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers were immediately alerted to the detection. Ten individual bundles of heroin weighing a total of about 4,723g were uncovered from the big bundle. A 22-year-old male Malaysian who was travelling in the car was subsequently arrested for suspected drug offences. The seizure of 4,723g of heroin, with an estimated value of more than $331,400, can feed the addiction of about 2,240 abusers for a week. Investigations into the drug activities of the arrested suspect are ongoing.

3.         Our borders are our first line of defence in safeguarding Singapore’s security. ICA will continue to work with CNB to prevent attempts to smuggle drugs across our borders. ICA will also continue to conduct security checks at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle undesirable persons, weapons, explosives and other contrabands across our borders.

IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY
CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU
8 August 2023

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Bundles of heroin seized from a Malaysia-registered car at Woodlands Checkpoint on 5 August 2023. (Photo: CNB)