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SINGAPORE: Two people are facing up to 20 years\u2019 jail for allegedly importing more than 12,000 Kpods into Singapore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nurain Ismail, 24 and Muhammad Izzat Emer Mohd Hassan, 26, are accused of entering Singapore from Malaysia through Woodlands Checkpoint in a car, with 12,273 vaporiser pods believed to contain etomidate, court documents read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kpods are vape pods containing etomidate, which was listed as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act in September 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act was amended in March to reflect significantly raised maximum penalties for possessing, using, importing and selling vapes in Singapore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Taken together, the new laws spell out higher penalties for abusers who commit offences involving the anaesthetic agent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They each face a jail term of between three years and 20 years. If he is convicted, Izzat could also be sentenced to five to 15 strokes of the cane, in addition to a jail term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Malaysians will return to court on Jun 26.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA), more than 26,000 vaporisers and related components were seized at Singapore\u2019s air, land and sea checkpoints, and 24 smuggling cases were uncovered in the first quarter of 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n