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SINGAPORE \u2013 Two days after his arrest in a Bishan vape sting operation, a suspected Kpod peddler allegedly tried to get a new passport by lying that he had lost his original document.<\/p>\n
This resulted in Jodan Chin Wei Liang, 28, being handed a charge under the Passports Act on Nov 20.<\/p>\n
Chin was earlier charged with nine offences, most of which involved him possessing vapes and vape pods.<\/p>\n
In one charge, he allegedly had\u00a0<\/p>\n more than 800 Kpods in assorted flavours <\/p>\n <\/a>for sale. These flavours came with different names, such as \u201cZombie\u201d and \u201cLucifer\u201d.<\/p>\n Kpods are vapes laced with etomidate, a powerful anaesthetic drug meant to be used only to induce sedation by injection into the veins during medical procedures.<\/p>\n When vaped, etomidate enters the lungs, potentially triggering spasms, breathing difficulties, seizures and even psychosis.<\/p>\n Chin was first hauled to court on July 18 after he was detained in <\/p>\n a\u00a0Health Sciences Authority (HSA) operation on July 10 at Bishan Street 13<\/p>\n <\/a>. He was filmed trying to flee from HSA officers.<\/p>\n