SINGAPORE, Aug 12 — Authorities have arrested six people and seized drugs with a street value of S$138,000 (RM411,653) after an operation yesterday that ended near Queenstown.

The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) were conducting observations on a suspected drug trafficker and his accomplice at Balestier Road and Queenstown when the suspected trafficker met up with a 40-year-old Malaysian man on Boon Teck Road.

Officers then followed the 33-year-old suspected trafficker to an area near Queenstown and arrested him. Inside his car, they found nearly 1.4kg of heroin, 320g of ‘ice’, a bottle of methadone and some digital scales. They also found S$600 on the suspect.

The Malaysian man and his Malaysian wife, 31, were later arrested at the Woodlands checkpoint as they tried to exit Singapore. A total of RM900 (S$300) was found on the couple while an additional S$7,000 was found inside the woman’s handbag.

Another raid at the suspected trafficker’s residence in Queenstown resulted in the arrest of the trafficker’s 49-year old accomplice and two more Singaporean suspects, a 43-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman. Cash totalling S$3,400, 30g of heroin and 10g of ‘ice’ were also found.

In total, about 1.4kg of heroin and 330g of ‘ice’ were recovered during the operation.

Investigations are continuing.

Those found guilty of trafficking more than 15g of diamorphine (or pure heroin) can be given the death penalty under The Misuse of Drugs Act. — TODAY