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Black Polkadots'- Yellow Tablets Shock
The numerous tiny black dots on the monitor screen aroused the suspicions of the ICA officer who proceeded to do a thorough search on the content of the man's bag. The search yielded close to half a kilogram of controlled tablets.
2 On 31 Jul 2005, at around 2155 hrs, a male Singaporean Malay arriving at HarbourFront Centre from Indonesia was found to be in possession of 0.456kg of Romilar tablets, a controlled substance under the Poisons Act.
3 As the male subject approached the Baggage Clearance area, he deposited his bag for compulsory X-Ray screening. From the X-Ray machine's monitor screen, numerous tiny black dots could be seen from among other items in the bag. Spotting this unusual sight, the ICA officer on duty immediately stopped the person from claiming his bag and proceeded to conduct a thorough check on it.
4 Going through the contents of the bag, the ICA officer found two "Kuku Bima" boxes that appeared unusually full. As he emptied the boxes, out fell four plastic bags containing numerous little yellow tablets which were later identified as Romilar tablets. When interviewed, the subject claimed that the tablets were for his personal consumption. He also acknowledged that he did not have a license issued by HSA to import the Romilar tablets.
5 The Romilar tablets were detained and handed over to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for further investigations.
6 Under the Poisons Act, it is an offence to import, possess for sale, or offer for sale any poison, or product containing any poison without a license issued by HSA. Anyone found guilty of an offence under the Poisons Act is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
7 As our country's first line of defence against terrorist threats, ICA has a duty to ensure the security and safety of Singapore. We have tightened our security checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contraband. We would like to advise the public against smuggling unlawful goods into Singapore.
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Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
1 Aug 2005
2 On 31 Jul 2005, at around 2155 hrs, a male Singaporean Malay arriving at HarbourFront Centre from Indonesia was found to be in possession of 0.456kg of Romilar tablets, a controlled substance under the Poisons Act.
3 As the male subject approached the Baggage Clearance area, he deposited his bag for compulsory X-Ray screening. From the X-Ray machine's monitor screen, numerous tiny black dots could be seen from among other items in the bag. Spotting this unusual sight, the ICA officer on duty immediately stopped the person from claiming his bag and proceeded to conduct a thorough check on it.
4 Going through the contents of the bag, the ICA officer found two "Kuku Bima" boxes that appeared unusually full. As he emptied the boxes, out fell four plastic bags containing numerous little yellow tablets which were later identified as Romilar tablets. When interviewed, the subject claimed that the tablets were for his personal consumption. He also acknowledged that he did not have a license issued by HSA to import the Romilar tablets.
5 The Romilar tablets were detained and handed over to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for further investigations.
6 Under the Poisons Act, it is an offence to import, possess for sale, or offer for sale any poison, or product containing any poison without a license issued by HSA. Anyone found guilty of an offence under the Poisons Act is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
7 As our country's first line of defence against terrorist threats, ICA has a duty to ensure the security and safety of Singapore. We have tightened our security checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contraband. We would like to advise the public against smuggling unlawful goods into Singapore.
END OF NEWS RELEASE
Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
1 Aug 2005