{"id":24066,"date":"2025-12-29T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24066"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:25:35","slug":"man-arrested-at-woodlands-checkpoint-with-over-3kg-of-cannabis-and-1-7kg-of-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24066","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint with over 3kg of cannabis and 1.7kg of Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> A <!-- -->39-year-old<!-- --> man was arrested for attempted drug smuggling after he was found with more than <!-- -->3kg of cannabis and 1.7kg of Ice<!-- --> at Woodlands Checkpoint on<!-- --> Dec 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, those who import or export more than <!-- -->250g of methamphetamine or 500g of cannabis<!-- --> may<!-- --> <!-- -->face the death penalty. Ice is another name for <!-- -->methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a joint statement on <!-- -->Dec 29<!-- -->, the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the Malaysian man had been referred for enhanced checks at Woodlands Checkpoint on the <!-- -->evening of Dec 22,<!-- --> based on information from I<!-- -->CA\u2019s Integrated Targeting Centre.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The centre uses advance traveller information and data analytics to<!-- --> identify high-risk travellers<!-- --> before they arrive in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A total of <!-- -->seven<!-- --> bundles, believed to contain controlled drugs, were found after the man was subjected to checks. The bundles contained <!-- -->3,272g of cannabis and 1,709g of Ice, according to the joint statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The drugs seized were worth more than <!-- -->$237,000<!-- --> and could feed the addiction of about <!-- -->1,440<!-- --> abusers for a week, the authorities added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Central Narcotics Bureau\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Central Narcotics Bureau<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Crime\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Crime<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Police\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Police<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/man-arrested-at-woodlands-checkpoint-after-found-with-over-3kg-of-cannabis-1-7kg-of-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A 39-year-old man was arrested for attempted drug smuggling after he was found with more than 3kg of cannabis and 1.7kg of Ice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}