Twenty-seven mobile phones, 21 boxes and three boxes of duty-unpaid smokes, five bottles of wet etomidate, and three small boxes of substances thought to be controlled drugs were also found and seized.
Two people, a , 30-year-old Malaysian man and a 24-year-old female international national, were arrested at the business unit.  , Studies into all three persons are continued, the government said.
HSA, Singapore Customs, the authorities and the Central Narcotics Bureau are involved in the examinations.
The authorities said that” this operation highlights the continuing efforts of HSA and companion agencies to fight the illegal trade and supply of e-vaporizers in Singapore.”
It is an crime to transfer, distribute, sell or offer for sale e-vaporisers and their components, HSA warned. Those found guilty , will face a fine of up to S$ 10, 000 ( US$ 7, 400 ), up to six month’s jail, or both punishments for the first offence. For next or subsequent crimes, they may experience increased abuse.
For the importation and sale of etomidate, a license is necessary.  ,
HSA will get severe measures against offenders who engage in the improper revenue and use of etomidate, according to the statement.
Under the Drugs Act, those found guilty of providing etomidate-containing seeds will be subject to a maximum sentence of up to two years in prison and/or a fine of up to S$ 10,000.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung responded to a question from MP Melvin Yong ( PAP-Radin Mas ) on January 8 regarding whether the government has any plans to detect and deter the use of Kpods in a written response. As of December 31, 2024, the authority had issued fines to move more than 14, 000 people who were found to be in possession and use of e-vaporizers and removed about 6, 800 offending listings of vapes.
This was almost twice the number in 2023, when about , 7, 800 , charges were issued and 3, 000 ads removed, Mr Ong noted.  ,
MP Hany Soh ( PAP-Marsiling-Yew Tee ) had also asked about the number of Kpods detected in 2024 and how HSA conducts enforcement against its sale and consumption.
In his question, Mr Yong had noted the online retailers have  , touted Kpods to become “undetectable by blood tests”.
Contrary to these statements, “individuals consuming these e-vaporizers may also have ethyl alcohol in their urine,” wrote Mr. Ong.
” The use of ethyl ethyl e-vaporizers demonstrates our concern that smoking is dangerous and our responsibility to putting an end to the restrictions on importing, supplying, possessing, or using any kind of e-vaporizer,” we said.