Opium smugglers escape
Thursday, 6th December 1973
Three members of a syndicate of opium smugglers escaped after their car shot past the Woodlands checkpoint and later crashed into a lamppost at the 13th mile Woodlands. The Customs Land Division recovered 19 slabs of pure opium from the crashed car. The value is estimated to be over $15,000. In their hurry, the smugglers, believed to be Malaysians, left behind their Malaysian restricted passports and their car registration card. Police launched an island-wide hunt for the smugglers.