{"id":46553,"date":"2026-04-22T18:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46553"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:46:36","slug":"portuguese-man-nabbed-at-changi-airport-for-allegedly-smuggling-36kg-of-cannabis-into-spore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46553","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese man nabbed at Changi Airport for allegedly smuggling 36kg of cannabis into S\u2019pore"},"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 <!-- -->Portuguese man<!-- --> was arrested at Changi Airport on <!-- -->April 14<!-- --> for attempting to smuggle more than 36kg of cannabis into Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The <!-- -->25-year-old<!-- --> arrived in Singapore on<!-- --> April 14<!-- --> and was <!-- -->slated to leave the next day<!-- -->, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a statement on <!-- -->April 22<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man was made to undergo further checks by <!-- -->K-9 police officers at the Changi Airport Terminal 2 Baggage South Red\/Green Channel<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Multiple packets believed to contain controlled drugs in the man\u2019s luggage were<!-- --> found by ICA officers<!-- -->, the statement added. <!-- -->Central Narcotics Bureau officers later made further checks<!-- -->. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A total of 68 packets were found to contain 36.3kg of cannabis<!-- -->, ICA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Anyone who imports into or exports from Singapore <!-- -->more than 500g of cannabis<!-- --> can get the death penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/portuguese-man-nabbed-at-changi-airport-for-allegedly-smuggling-36kg-of-cannabis-into-spore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A Portuguese man was arrested at Changi Airport on April 14 for attempting to smuggle more than 36kg of cannabis into Singapore. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46554,"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-46553","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\/46553","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=46553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}