The 40-year-old is now considered a woman and had been remanded in the Changi Women's Prison since Dec 10 last year, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Kenneth Wong.
She was sentenced on Monday to seven years and three months in jail for consuming Ice.
As Preeta had served the Long-Term Imprisonment 1 (LT1) sentence of five years and three strokes of the cane in 1998 for abusing morphine, she was liable for enhanced punishment as an LT2 offender.
Addicts who return to consuming drugs after going through the level-one punishment, are jailed between seven and 13 years. Male offenders are also caned between six and 12 strokes.
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