Overview
- Airport K-9 officers flagged a 25-year-old Portuguese man for extra checks at Changi Airport Terminal 2, where officers found multiple packets in his luggage.
- Authorities said tests confirmed the 68 packets contained about 36.3 kilograms of cannabis, and they arrested the traveler.
- Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers conducted the initial search, then Central Narcotics Bureau investigators took over and began follow-up checks.
- The man had entered Singapore and was booked to fly out the next day, a travel plan that investigators noted as they review the case.
- Singapore treats imports of more than 500 grams of cannabis as a capital offense, and officials said investigations continue as agencies step up border screening, with a separate checkpoint case the same day yielding over 5kg of cannabis and 2kg of meth.