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A handout photo taken on October 13, 2011 by
Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and released on October
14 8.5 kg of heroin on display in Singapore. The heroin is
estimated to be worth over 1.27-million
Drug traffickers are getting creative in their methods of smuggling
drugs into Singapore.
The Central
Narcotics Bureau (CNB)
caught three Malaysian women last week attempting to smuggle drugs
into Singapore by hiding them in their sanitary
pads.
CNB told Yahoo! Singapore that two women, aged 23 and 28, were
caught after a search at the Woodlands checkpoint on
Saturday.
According to figures reported in The Straits Times (ST), CNB seized
more than 1.6kg of heroin and 254g of Ice, amounting to a street
value of around S$307,000.
The 23-year-old was holding on to two bundles of heroin, totalling
924g, which were hidden between two sanitary pads below two layers
of underwear and two pairs of tights. The 28-year-old had 702g of
heroin and 254g of Ice in four bundles hidden in three sanitary
pads and two pairs of tights that she was wearing, added the
report.
CNB said that a woman was also caught last Thursday trying to
smuggle 960g of heroin using a similar method.
The bureau declined to release the names of the
women.
If found guilty, drug traffickers face a maximum of 20 years in
prison and 15 strokes of the cane. They will face a mandatory death
penalty if more than 15g of heroin is trafficked.
