More than 8kg of cocaine was seized from a foreign-registered commercial vessel following a joint operation by the Police Coast Guard (PCG) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The police said in a statement on Friday (Aug 7) that the operation was conducted on Wednesday, at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage \u2014 located between Pulau Senang and Pulau Semakau.<\/p>\n
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The operation was launched after they were alerted to suspicious packages found on board a foreign-registered commercial vessel.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Police Coast Guard (PCG) then boarded the vessel and conducted a systematic search, during which they uncovered eight packages believed to contain controlled drugs concealed in the vessel’s sea chest strainers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police said they then alerted CNB to the discovery. The packages subsequently tested positive for cocaine and were seized by the CNB.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations by CNB revealed that the drugs were transiting through Singapore and were not intended for the local market.<\/p>\n
CNB’s investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
Under the Misuse of Drugs Act, those found guilty of importing into or exporting from Singapore more than 30g of cocaine could face the mandatory death penalty.<\/p>\n
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