{"id":67138,"date":"2026-07-08T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67138"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:36:03","slug":"man-arrested-near-whampoa-for-suspected-drug-trafficking-over-3kg-of-cannabis-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67138","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested near Whampoa for suspected drug trafficking; over 3kg of cannabis seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; <!-- -->A 25-year-old man was arrested on <!-- -->July 7<!-- --> for suspected drug trafficking offences, with <!-- -->more than 3kg<!-- --> of cannabis seized.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty, the suspect could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Drugs, <!-- -->including 3,329g of cannabis, 121g of Ice and 55g of Ecstasy<!-- -->, were seized during the arrest, said the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in a statement on <!-- -->July 8<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The drugs seized are estimated to be worth more than <!-- -->$81,000<!-- --> and could potentially feed the addictions of 546 abusers for a week, said CNB.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Cash amounting to <!-- -->$1,259.90<!-- --> was also seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The suspect was arrested by CNB officers in the early hours of July 7 after the car he was travelling in was stopped in <!-- -->Kim Keat Road, near Whampoa<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Officers searched the car and found <!-- -->3,129g<!-- --> of cannabis on the floorboard of the rear passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man was then escorted to his home in a condominium in <!-- -->Geylang East<!-- -->. A search of the unit found about <!-- -->200g of cannabis, 121g of Ice and 55g of Ecstasy<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">If a person is found guilty of trafficking more than 500g of cannabis, he or she may face the death penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/25-year-old-arrested-for-suspected-drug-trafficking-over-3kg-of-cannabis-seized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; A 25-year-old man was arrested on July 7 for suspected drug trafficking offences, with more than 3kg of cannabis seized. If found guilty,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67139,"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-67138","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\/67138","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=67138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}