<p>An Indian-origin man in Singapore was on Monday sentenced to 13 years in jail and 10 strokes of the cane for illegally possessing cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.</p>.<p>A local court heard that Narkkeeran Arasan, 45, was facing "financial stress" in 2021 and decided to resort to selling cannabis for "fast cash", according to a report by Channel News Asia.</p>.<p>He collected 329.99 gm of the controlled drug from a drain in Marsiling with the intention of selling it for profit when he was nabbed by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) while commuting in a Grab car.</p>.<p>Arasan ordered a book of cannabis, which he understood to mean 1 kg in weight, on April 11, 2021, from a contact he only knew as "R and R" and paid SGD 3,000 ($2,249.96) for it.</p>.<p>The next day he collected a black plastic bag containing the drug from a drain in the Marsiling area, then placed it in a black Coach bag, and boarded a Grab hire car.</p>.<p>The CNB officers acting on the information they received arrested Arasan near the junction of Woodlands Avenue 9 on April 12, 2021.</p>.<p>They searched the car and seized the black Coach bag containing a block of vegetable matter within layers of plastic and tape.</p>.<p>The block was examined and found to contain a mixture of at least 523.5g of vegetable matter and at least 413.5g of fragmented vegetable matter.</p>.<p>The block weighed at least 937.2g and was a mixture of cannabis -- a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act.</p>.<p>A search of Arasan's home revealed nothing else that was incriminating, the report said.</p>.<p>The investigation also revealed that Arasan had no customers yet when he was caught with the drug.</p>.<p>He had been admitted to a drug rehabilitation centre in 2019 for drug consumption, said the prosecutor.</p>.<p>Sentencing for a man involved in the trafficking of cannabis goes five to six years for up to 99.1g of cannabis, between 13 and 15 years for 297.2 to 329.9g of cannabis.</p>.<p>The offence of possessing a Class A controlled drug for the purposes of trafficking carries a minimum of five years in jail and five strokes of the cane, and a maximum of 20 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane.</p>
<p>An Indian-origin man in Singapore was on Monday sentenced to 13 years in jail and 10 strokes of the cane for illegally possessing cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.</p>.<p>A local court heard that Narkkeeran Arasan, 45, was facing "financial stress" in 2021 and decided to resort to selling cannabis for "fast cash", according to a report by Channel News Asia.</p>.<p>He collected 329.99 gm of the controlled drug from a drain in Marsiling with the intention of selling it for profit when he was nabbed by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) while commuting in a Grab car.</p>.<p>Arasan ordered a book of cannabis, which he understood to mean 1 kg in weight, on April 11, 2021, from a contact he only knew as "R and R" and paid SGD 3,000 ($2,249.96) for it.</p>.<p>The next day he collected a black plastic bag containing the drug from a drain in the Marsiling area, then placed it in a black Coach bag, and boarded a Grab hire car.</p>.<p>The CNB officers acting on the information they received arrested Arasan near the junction of Woodlands Avenue 9 on April 12, 2021.</p>.<p>They searched the car and seized the black Coach bag containing a block of vegetable matter within layers of plastic and tape.</p>.<p>The block was examined and found to contain a mixture of at least 523.5g of vegetable matter and at least 413.5g of fragmented vegetable matter.</p>.<p>The block weighed at least 937.2g and was a mixture of cannabis -- a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act.</p>.<p>A search of Arasan's home revealed nothing else that was incriminating, the report said.</p>.<p>The investigation also revealed that Arasan had no customers yet when he was caught with the drug.</p>.<p>He had been admitted to a drug rehabilitation centre in 2019 for drug consumption, said the prosecutor.</p>.<p>Sentencing for a man involved in the trafficking of cannabis goes five to six years for up to 99.1g of cannabis, between 13 and 15 years for 297.2 to 329.9g of cannabis.</p>.<p>The offence of possessing a Class A controlled drug for the purposes of trafficking carries a minimum of five years in jail and five strokes of the cane, and a maximum of 20 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane.</p>