SINGAPORE — Singapore’s anti-narcotics agency has made its biggest seizure of cannabis in 14 years after conducting a series of raids this week in the city-state, which has some of the world’s toughest drug laws including capital punishment.
A total of more than 35 kg (77 lb) of narcotics including about 20.5 kg of cannabis, as well as heroin, crystal methamphetamine, and other drugs were seized in the raids, Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.
“This operation shows that cannabis remains a clear and present threat to society,” a CNB spokesman told a briefing on Thursday.
Three Singaporean men, aged between 27 and 33, were arrested over the haul estimated to be…
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