Girl, 16, arrested for suspected drug abuse in S'pore during 11-day CNB operations

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 112 suspected drug offenders in an island-wide operation from Oct. 14 to 25.

A total of about 1.7kg of "Ice", 739g of heroin, 215g of cannabis, 16 "Ecstasy" tablets and six Erimin-5 tablets were seized, CNB said in a news Oct. 28 release.

The seized drugs have an estimated street value of about S$296,000.

The youngest arrested in this island-wide operation was a 16-year-old girl, for suspected drug abuse.

Some of the areas covered during this island-wide operation included Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Clementi, Eunos, Jurong, Tampines.

Singaporeans involved

On Oct. 14, before dawn, CNB officers raided a residential unit in the vicinity of Bedok South Avenue 3 and arrested a 42-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man within the unit.

Both are Singaporeans.

From within the unit, a total of about 1.7kg of "Ice", 69g of heroin and 17g of cannabis were recovered.

Children found in unit

On Oct. 16, CNB officers raided two residential units of the same block in the vicinity of Eunos Crescent.

In the first raid, officers arrested a 37-year-old female and a 55-year-old male within the unit.

Both are husband and wife and are Singaporeans.

About 32g of "Ice", 7g of heroin, six Erimin-5 tablets and some "Ecstasy" tablets were recovered from this raid.

A 10-year-old and a 12-year-old, the couple’s children, were inside the unit during the raid.

The children have since been placed in the care of their next-of-kin.

Another man-woman pair involved

In the raid on the second residential unit, officers effected forced entry after the occupants within, a 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, refused to comply with lawful orders to grant officers access into the unit.

Both Singaporeans were arrested and a small amount of heroin was recovered from within the unit.

Investigations into all arrested suspects are ongoing.

Top photo via CNB