On Monday, its dual operations came to an abrupt end after officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) raided the shop in Clementi and arrested a suspected drug trafficker, his suspected drug storekeeper and four suspected drug abusers.
CNB officers recovered about 1.4kg of heroin, 55.5g of "ice", 825.5g of cannabis, 34.6g of ketamine, 145 Erimin-5 tablets and eight Ecstasy tablets.
The total street value of the drugs is estimated to be more than S$261,000.
Cash amounting to about S$5,000 and two Singapore-registered vehicles were also seized. The CNB said yesterday that it had been monitoring the barber shop for more than a month.
The 46-year-old suspected drug trafficker, the shop's operator, would travel to neighbouring countries to collect drugs and then re-distribute them to his drug clients upon his return. He was assisted by an unemployed man, also 46, who allegedly acted as his drug storekeeper and runner.
On Monday, the suspected drug trafficker was seen coming out of the barber shop and retrieving a package from a black vehicle. CNB officers later stormed the shop and arrested him, the suspected drug storekeeper and two suspected drug clients.
That same night, CNB officers arrested two more Singaporean men, believed to be drug clients, near the barber shop.
The suspected drug trafficker and storekeeper, both Singaporeans, will be investigated for drug trafficking under the Misuse of Drugs Act. If convicted, both will face the death penalty.
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