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Most of 40kg haul - including other drugs - found in 22-year-old Malaysian man s home
Among the drugs seized by the Central Narcotics Bureau were pink Ecstasy pills shaped like Hello Kitty. CNB said it seized about 23.6kg of cannabis and 16.5kg of heroin - the largest since 1996 and 2001, respectively.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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The drugs are estimated to be worth more than S$2.3mil (RM7mil).
Most of the haul was found in the home of a 22-year-old Malaysian man in the vicinity of Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 last Friday.
The quantities of cannabis and heroin seized were the largest since 1996 and 2001 respectively.
CNB said it seized about 23.6kg of cannabis, 16.5kg of heroin, 2kg of Ice and some 110 Ecstasy tablets.
There were previous seizures of 33.4kg of cannabis in 1996 and 34.8kg of heroin in 2001.
In the most recent operation, the suspect was arrested at the ground floor of the housing block by CNB officers and found with four bundles of cannabis.
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SINGAPORE: The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has seized drugs worth more than S$2.3 million, including about 23kg of cannabis and about 16kg of heroin, the agency said on Monday (Apr 19).