Man wanted for drug trafficking in Singapore arrested in Malaysia after 7 years on the run

SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old&nbsp, man wanted for drug trafficking&nbsp, was arrested in Malaysia and deported to Singapore on Sunday ( Oct 20 ) after seven years on the run.

The gentleman was wanted in connection with a number of drug-related offenses committed between 2014 and 2024.

The Singaporean was initially detained and charged in judge on April 3, 2014, with three works of drug trafficking and one count of medication intake. He was subsequently released without bail. &nbsp,

According to the Central Narcotics Bureau ( CNB), the suspect failed to appear in court on June 12, 2017, and an arrest warrant was issued against him.

The police even sought the man out to assist with inquiries into two cases of voluntarily causing severe harm and cheating by impersonating, according to CNB.

The believe was gradually detained in Malaysia on October 1 for legal and immigration offenses, according to the nation’s Narcotics Crime Investigation Department.

He was deported to Singapore on Sunday, and CNB arrested him the same day.

The man was brought to court to confront his original 2014 drug costs. &nbsp,

CNB is also pursuing studies into the other cases of substance smuggling, it said.

Senior Assistant Commissioner Leon Chan, the bureau’s acting producer, thanked the Indonesian government for their support.

” Medicine criminals thinking to escape our laws by hiding globally will find that there is no&nbsp, secure have n”, he said. &nbsp,

SAC Chan cited the close cooperation between CNB and its Indonesian rivals as “testament to the powerful working partnership that CNB has with them” and the suspect’s future arrest.