SINGAPORE – Four Singaporean men are under investigation for their alleged involvement in a syndicate which supplied etomidate vaporiser pods, or Kpods, in Singapore.
The case is the first suspected transnational etomidate vaporiser pod supply syndicate being investigated under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in a statement on June 30.
Kong Qi Cong, 32, was arrested on June 23 at a residential unit in Teck Whye, where 1,000 Kpods and cash amounting to over $6,000 were seized.
HSA officers arrested Willy Poh Wei Li, 32, the same day at a residential unit in Tampines, where another 111 vaporiser pods were seized.
Two vehicles believed to have been used in the local distribution of the Kpods have been impounded, HSA added.
Laboratory testing confirmed that the 1,111 pods HSA seized contain etomidate. The pods have an estimated street value of more than $83,000.
Two other men – Tobias Tan Wei An, 27, and Michael Jordan Tan Wei Hui, 31 – were arrested separately in connection with the case.
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