The operation targeted street-level drug trafficking and abuse in the side streets of Geylang and various eastern parts of Singapore, including Circuit Road, Chai Chee, Bedok, Tampines, Haig Road and Geylang Serai.
An assortment of drugs - including approximately 28 grammes of heroin, 20 grammes of 'Ice' and a small amount of cannabis were seized from the operation.
As part of the extended operation, anti-drug rounds were conducted at the Circuit Road area.
CNB officers spot-checked a female on a bicycle in the vicinity but she tried to evade arrest by cycling away.
She was arrested after a short chase on foot.
Twenty straws of heroin weighing approximately 19 grammes, meant to be peddled to drug addicts on the street, were recovered from her.
She is currently being investigated for drug trafficking.
Spot-checks were also carried out in various hotels in the Geylang area as part of the intensive operation.
During one of the checks in Lorong 16 Geylang, officers had to do a forced entry; when an occupant of a room refused to give officers access to the room - despite repeated requests by officers.
The male occupant of the room resisted but was eventually put under arrest by officers.
One sachet of cannabis was recovered in the room.
He is being investigated for consumption of a controlled drug.
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