SINGAPORE: In just four months, a dozen Singapore women have been
caught here and elsewhere for making drug runs after they were
persuaded to do so by West African men, who seduced them with love,
money and offers of travel.
In the five years between 2003 and 2007, only eight female drug
mules were caught.
The sudden surge in numbers was revealed by the Central Narcotics
Bureau (CNB) Monday, in a warning to women not to be fooled.
Last December, five were arrested overseas. Barely three months
into the year, seven more have been arrested, including two who are
staring at the death penalty after being stopped before they left
Singapore.
