After being deported from Thailand to Singapore on Friday ( Sep 20 ), a Singaporean man who was wanted for alleged links to two drug trafficking cases was given the death penalty.
Benny Kee Quickly Chuan, 31, is accused of conspiring with , Low En Quan Justin to customers in methamphetamine somewhere in first December 2020, when Low was not in Singapore.
A package that entered Singapore with 12 boxes of at least 2 kg of heroin for delivery to a” Senthil Kumar” at an Orchard Towers store was the subject of the alleged crime.
On December 2, 2020, Kee is accused of ordering Low to pick up the package at the store between 3.40pm and 6.40pm.
Low, 21, was eventually handed a capital cost. He admitted guilt on the cost of trying to customers at least 249.99g of meth after the amendment was later changed. He was sentenced to 22-and-a-half decades ‘ prison and 15 stroke of the wood for his engagement.
According to a statement released on Thursday, the Central Narcotics Bureau ( CNB) claimed in a statement that Kee was allegedly linked to another drug trafficking case from November 2022.
A 29-year-old man who was linked to this event was given seven cane-strengthening sentences to eight years in prison.
But, Kee remained at big for several years. Immigration data indicate that he has been evading Singapore since April 2016, according to CNB.
The ministry finally inquired about where he was after getting in touch with its foreign counterparts.
Kee was detained in Singapore on September 17 and placed in CNB’s captivity on September 19.
Thai media reported that Kee was tracked down to a house in Samut Prakan state, north of Bangkok, where he was “living in luxury”.
The head of Thailand’s drug police company was named as the Thai government had acted following a tip-off from CNB, according to the press outlets.
Kee reportedly sent medications like ice, ketamine, and joy from Thailand to Singapore and Australia via international message from Thailand.
Assets worth 15 million baht ( US$ 453, 000 ) were also seized from the man, who is believed to have entered Thailand on a Vanuatu passport, according to The Bangkok Post.
Rolex watches, golden chains, jewelry, amulets and money in several currencies were among the products seized, as seen in pictures of the arrest.  ,
A Singapore judge ordered Kee to be remanded on Friday, with authority to be taken out for studies.
On September 26, he’ll go back to judge.
Kee may receive the death penalty if found guilty of conspiring to customers in a Class A controlled substance.