18-year-old student among 116 arrested in islandwide CNB operation; drugs worth over S$550,000 seized
A 14-year-old student was also arrested for suspected drug abuse, said the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Friday (Jan 17).

Drugs seized by CNB in an operation conducted on Jan 15, 2025 in the vicinity of Geylang Lorong 4.
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SINGAPORE: A Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) islandwide operation in January saw more than S$550,000 worth of drugs seized, with 116 drug offenders arrested.
Among them was a 14-year-old student suspected of drug abuse, and an 18-year-old student suspected of drug trafficking, said CNB in a news release on Friday (Jan 17).
The operation, which took place from Jan 6 to Jan 16, recovered about 2.9kg of heroin, 1.2kg of Ice, 643g of ketamine, 262g of Ecstasy, 218g of cannabis, 419 Erimin-5 tablets, five bottles of methadone, and a small amount of new psychoactive substances.
Some of the areas covered during the operation included Ang Mo Kio, Bedok Reservoir, Bukit Batok, Bishan, Geylang, Havelock, MacPherson, Redhill and Tampines.
The 18-year-old suspect was arrested on Jan 7 after CNB officers raided a residential unit around Bukit Batok Street 52.
"Forced entry was effected as (he) refused to heed the lawful orders of the officers to be granted access into the unit," said CNB, adding that the suspect was spotted "throwing items out from the kitchen window" before its officers entered the unit.
CNB officers then escorted the suspect to the ground floor, where they recovered a plastic packet containing 500g of ketamine.
In a follow-up operation, CNB officers arrested a 34-year-old man in the vicinity of Segar Road for suspected drug trafficking.
The man was escorted by the officers to his residential unit around Bangkit Road, where a search yielded about 19g of ketamine and 6g of ecstasy. Another 100g of ketamine was recovered from behind a trolley outside the unit.
CNB added that a search of the man's car found about 97g of ecstasy and 24g of ketamine.
In another operation on Wednesday, CNB officers raided a hotel unit around Geylang Lorong 4 and arrested four suspected drug traffickers - three men aged 31, 40, and 43, and a 31-year-old woman.
The 43-year-old man is stateless while the rest are Singaporeans, said CNB.
About 2,047g of heroin, 1,081g of Ice, 158g of cannabis, 98g of ecstasy, 339 Erimin-5 tablets, three bottles of methadone and S$21,446.40 in cash were seized from the hotel unit, including a karambit knife.
The 43-year-old man was escorted to his car, where a search recovered about 130g of heroin and 26g of Ice. A range of other scheduled and offensive weapons were also found in the car, which were handed to the police for investigations.
Investigations into all the arrested suspects are ongoing, said CNB.
