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ICA Officers Find Ecstasy in Drug Smuggler’s Underwear
It is not what you think. On 2 July 2006 at about 2000 hours, ICA officers had found a bottle of 100 blue tablets suspected to be ‘Ecstasy’ on a Singaporean woman at Woodlands Checkpoint. The woman had hidden the bottle of tablets in her underwear. The woman was in a Malaysia-registered car with a driver and three other persons when the car was stopped at Woodlands Checkpoint for a routine check. One of the officers conducting the check noticed that the woman appeared very nervous and was standing in an awkward manner.
2 Two female officers conducted a search on the woman, and found a transparent bottle concealed inside the woman’s underwear. The 45-year-old woman claimed that the 100 tablets in the bottle were ‘Ecstasy’ pills. She was immediately arrested and referred to CNB for further investigations. She will be investigated for the offence of importation of a controlled drug. If convicted, she will face a minimum sentence of 5 years imprisonment.
3 The preliminary investigations also revealed that the 51-year-old driver of the car is operating as a pirate taxi driver. He had picked up the four passengers, including the Singaporean woman at Johor Bahru and had promised to drive them to Singapore for a fee. The other three passengers claimed they did not know each other and were sharing a ride. The driver and the other three passengers were also referred to CNB for further investigations. They will be released on bail pending urine analysis by the Health Science Authority.
4 In view of the current global situation, enforcement agencies at all entry and exit points are working closely together to step up security inspections of all persons, goods and vehicles entering or leaving Singapore. As a result, drug traffickers can also expect to face a heightened gauntlet of security checks and measures at our entry and exit points.
5 We would also like to advise travellers not to engage the services of unlicensed taxi operators, as they could be unwittingly implicated in smuggling offences committed by the other passengers. Action will also be taken against persons who operate pirate taxis.
2 Two female officers conducted a search on the woman, and found a transparent bottle concealed inside the woman’s underwear. The 45-year-old woman claimed that the 100 tablets in the bottle were ‘Ecstasy’ pills. She was immediately arrested and referred to CNB for further investigations. She will be investigated for the offence of importation of a controlled drug. If convicted, she will face a minimum sentence of 5 years imprisonment.
3 The preliminary investigations also revealed that the 51-year-old driver of the car is operating as a pirate taxi driver. He had picked up the four passengers, including the Singaporean woman at Johor Bahru and had promised to drive them to Singapore for a fee. The other three passengers claimed they did not know each other and were sharing a ride. The driver and the other three passengers were also referred to CNB for further investigations. They will be released on bail pending urine analysis by the Health Science Authority.
4 In view of the current global situation, enforcement agencies at all entry and exit points are working closely together to step up security inspections of all persons, goods and vehicles entering or leaving Singapore. As a result, drug traffickers can also expect to face a heightened gauntlet of security checks and measures at our entry and exit points.
5 We would also like to advise travellers not to engage the services of unlicensed taxi operators, as they could be unwittingly implicated in smuggling offences committed by the other passengers. Action will also be taken against persons who operate pirate taxis.