JOHOR BARU: A 23-year-old Malaysian woman was arrested at the Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore on Friday after authorities seized 208g of blue-coloured "Ice" or methamphetamine from the car she was driving into Singapore.
Officers from the republic's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) found the drugs estimated to be worth more than S$20,000 (RM62,300) when they stopped her at the checkpoint after noticing a plastic bundle stuffed inside the drink cup holder at the rear passenger seat.
The officers arrested the woman after they conducted further checks on her about 8pm. She was alone in the car.
"ICA officers directed an arriving Malaysia-registered car for further checks at the Woodlands Checkpoint, driven by a 23-year-old Malaysian woman on Oct 13.
"During checks, an ICA officer detected a bundle inside the rear passenger seat cup holder, which was later found to contain a total of about 208g of ‘Ice’ estimated to be worth more than S$20,000," said the ICA and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in a joint statement.
The woman was handed over to the CNB for investigations.
In their statement, ICA and CNB said that Singapore's borders were the first line of defence in safeguarding the country's security, and the agencies pledged to continue checking on smuggling of drugs, weapons and other illegal items.
"The Home Team agencies will continue to conduct checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contrabands," said the statement.