The amount exceeds the 500g threshold under the Misuse of Drugs Act, above which the death penalty may be imposed.<\/p>\n
Omar entered Singapore from Malaysia via Woodlands Checkpoint by car on 12 July 2018.<\/p>\n
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Source: Motorist.sg, for illustration purposes only<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
During a routine check, an auxiliary police officer found a bag belonging to him containing three bundles wrapped in aluminium foil, cling wrap, and newspaper.<\/p>\n
The bundles were sent to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for analysis and were found to contain not less than 1,009.1g of cannabis.<\/p>\n
According to CNB, this amount was sufficient to feed the addiction of about 144 abusers for a week.<\/p>\n
Claimed he did not know contents of bundles<\/h3>\n
At trial, Omar\u2019s defence was that he did not know the nature of the bundles found in the car.<\/p>\n
He also claimed that officers had threatened him into admitting ownership.<\/p>\n
One officer allegedly said he would slap him, while another allegedly warned he would throw a pen at him and hang both him and his father if he refused to cooperate.<\/p>\n
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