I dropped my bag on the floor and dialled my mother's number.
"Come on, Mom. Pick up the phone. Come on," I said, feeling anxious.
I almost wanted to end the call when I heard voices. I was safe as my mother had picked up the phone.
"Hello mom. Where are you? There is a woman who claims that you are her friend. In her twenties," I said, in a rush.
"Are you alright? Don't follow her. She may have ill intentions. I will be reaching in five minutes. I went to the market and have forgotten about the time. Don't go so close to the woman, understand?" she said, her voice filled with concern.
Monday, July 23, 2012
From CNB Newsroom
CNB arrests suspected drug traffickers in luxury cars, various drugs seized worth more than S$186,000
17 Jul 2012
In the evening of 16 July 2012, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) disrupted drug trafficking activities involving suspected local and overseas drug traffickers, arresting three men (two Singaporeans, one Malaysian) and a Vietnamese woman. In total, CNB seized drugs estimated to be worth more than S$186,000, including approximately 2,663 Erimin-5 tablets/capsules; 830 Ecstasy tablets; 672 grammes of ‘Ice’, 510 grammes of ketamine; 453 grammes of cannabis and 7 grammes of heroin. More than S$60,000 in cash and three saloon cars, including a BMW and Lexus, were also seized.
Traffickers arrested at Eunos and Bedok
CNB launched an operation on 16 July, targeting two Singaporean men, aged 37 and 31, who were believed to be running a syndicate, distributing multiple drugs locally. At about 7.40pm, CNB officers observed a Malaysian-registered Proton Saga entering a carpark in the Eunos area. It was driven by a 37-year-old Malaysian man. At about 8pm, officers spotted the 37-year-old Singaporean suspected trafficker entering the same carpark in a black BMW. After they met and departed, CNB officers moved in and arrested the Malaysian man. Officers searched him and found S$2,172 and RM349 in cash.
Meanwhile, CNB officers followed the 37-year-old Singaporean in the BMW from Eunos to the vicinity of Bedok Reservoir Road and he was arrested in the vicinity of Jalan Tenaga. From the BMW and the ground beside the driver’s side, CNB officers recovered a variety of drugs, including about 1,813 Erimin-5 tablets; 410 Ecstasy tablets; 169 grammes of ketamine; 106 grammes of ‘Ice’ and seven grammes of heroin. Drug trafficking paraphernalia, such as packing material (clear tape and empty packets), glass apparatus for consuming drugs and S$29,850 in cash were also recovered.
Concurrent operation at Kembangan
Concurrently, another team of CNB officers was monitoring a serviced apartment in the Kembangan area. At about 8.15pm, they spotted the 31-year-old Singaporean suspect who was accompanied by a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman. Officers moved in and arrested the pair.
Officers searched the 31-year-old man, recovering from him approximately 480 Erimin-5 tablets; 140 grammes of ‘Ice’; 106 Ecstasy tablets; 93 grammes of ketamine; 15 grammes of cannabis and S$684 in cash. CNB officers conducted a follow-up raid at one of the units in the serviced apartment, where the 31-year-old Singaporean suspect was hiding, and recovered about 388 grammes of cannabis; 300 Erimin-5 tablets; 224 grammes of ‘Ice,’ 208 grammes of ketamine and 50 ‘Ecstasy’ tablets from the unit. Drug trafficking paraphernalia, such as digital weighing scales, plastic packets and S$20,524 in cash were also recovered. Another 24 grammes of ‘Ice’ and 2 Erimin-5 capsules were also recovered from the man’s car, a Lexus.
Raid at Choa Chu Kang hide-out
At about 10.15pm the same night, CNB officers conducted a follow-up raid of a HDB unit in Choa Chu Kang Central suspected to be the hide-out of the 37-year-old arrested in Bedok. From this unit, the officers recovered about 264 Ecstasy tablets, 178 grammes of ‘Ice,’ 68 Erimin-5 tablets; 50 grammes of cannabis; and 40 grammes of ketamine. Apparatus for consuming drugs and S$7,000 in cash were also seized.
The three men are being investigated for drug trafficking. The two 37-year-old men, if convicted, would face a minimum penalty of five years’ imprisonment and five strokes of the cane. The other 31 year old Singaporean, if convicted, would face a minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane. The Vietnamese woman is being investigated for drug consumption. If convicted, she faces a penalty of up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a S$20,000 fine or both.
Summary of seizures
Items Seized
|
cannabis (gm)
|
Ecstasy (tablets)
|
Erimin-5 (tablets/ capsules)
|
Heroin (gm)
|
Ice (gm)
|
ketamine (gm)
|
Cash (SGD)
|
Cash (RM)
|
Para2 - On Malaysian Man
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2,172
|
349
|
Para 3 - Within and around the BMW
|
0
|
410
|
1813
|
7
|
106
|
169
|
29,850
|
0
|
Para 5 - On the 31-year-old Singaporean
|
15
|
106
|
480
|
0
|
140
|
93
|
684
|
0
|
Para 6 - Kembangan Serviced Apartment
|
388
|
50
|
300
|
0
|
224
|
208
|
20,524
|
0
|
Para 6 - 31 year-old's Lexus
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
24
|
0
|
700
|
0
|
Para 7 - Choa Chu Kang HDB Flat
|
50
|
264
|
68
|
0
|
178
|
40
|
7,000
|
0
|
TOTAL
|
453
|
830
|
2663
|
7
|
672
|
510
|
60,930
|
349
|
CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU
17 JULY 2012
Article taken from cnb.gov.sg
"Kidnapped" by Ernest
My spirits were as high as the sky. I knew that I could play computer as it was Friday. I was happily talking with my friends while walking to the front gate of my school after the remedial class. I waited for more than five minutes, my mother still did not show up. My heart was pounding wildly in anxiety, nervous.
"Derek. Your mum is ill and she asked me to come and fetch you home," a lady said to me while walking up to me.
"Yes!! Finally, I can go home!" I shouted joyfully.
Speaking the truth, I did not know who the lady was. She looked pretty, had a mole on her cheek and long black hair. She was wearing a dress. I thought I had seen her before or maybe not. I agreed to leave with her.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked the lady, puzzled when she was taking me on an unfamiliar route.
"This is a shortcut to your home," They lady replied with a creepy smile.
I thought that she was taking me somewhere. I panicked. I asked her some questions a few more times but she kept saying it was the shortcut. I did not recognise this place. Was the place somewhere very far? Or maybe I would be lost forever!
"Riiing!" my handphone vibrated.
It was my mom! Luckily, I did not switch on the volume of my ringtone or else the lady would have heard my phone ring.
"Hello? Mom! Where are you! I think I have been kidnapped!" I whispered anxiously so the lady could not hear me.
Tears rolled down my cheeks. The lady seemed to be walking faster and faster.
"Do you know where you are now?" my mom cried out, her voice laced with fear.
I looked around to look for any sign boards. Finally, I spotted one which printed " Hougang street 64". I told her the place I was at. The lady took me to a house. She opened the door and laughed. I should have fled! Why was I so stupid!
"Hahahaha! You have been tricked. You are so gullible!" she whispered beside my ear with a terrifying voice.
The creepy voice of hers freaked me out. She took me into one of the rooms. She used a masking tape and sealed my mouth to prevent me from shouting and pushed me onto a chair. After that, she tied me up. My hands and legs were tied up. I could still stand up but I would fall easily.
"No! Derek! Stand up and take your handphone. GO!" my mind shouted in tenacity.
I stood up. I lost my balance and fell. I wad lucky that I fell onto a pillow.
"Phew! Go on Derek! Don't give up!" I whispered to myself.
I stood again but surprisingly, I did not lose my balance. I jumped forward. Turning backwards so that my fingers could touch the phone, I used my fingers to drag the phone, it dropped onto the pillow.
I used my nose to press the buttons on my phone. Then, I heard footsteps. I quickly got back to the chair.
"Aaaannnkkkk! the old and rusty door swung open.
"You better be good here, don't you dare to get out of house, understand!" the lady shouted like a dinosaur roaring.
I nodded my head. I tried to stay calm. I had received 24 messages. It was hard to use my nose to press the buttons. I was lucky to spot a short knife lying at the corner of the room. I took the knife. While I was trying to cut the ropes around my legs, I received another message. It was by my mum. Finally I cut the ropes.
"Piak! Piak! Piak" all the ropes were cut.
I thought that I could get out of the house and guess what, the metal door on the entrance was locked. I smsed my mum to tell her I was at Hougang street 64, Block 640, door number #02-111.
After ten minutes, the police officers arrived. I peeked out the window, there was my mum. I shouted to tell her I was at the house. She finally saw me. The police officers knocked down the door and it slammed onto the floor. They asked me to stand back.
"Pank!" the metal door slammed onto the floor.
"Mum!" I cried.
"Derek!" my mum cried too.
When the lady came back, the police officers immediately arrested the lady. I learnt that no matter what, I cannot follow strangers and I learnt the lesson the hard way.
"Derek. Your mum is ill and she asked me to come and fetch you home," a lady said to me while walking up to me.
"Yes!! Finally, I can go home!" I shouted joyfully.
Speaking the truth, I did not know who the lady was. She looked pretty, had a mole on her cheek and long black hair. She was wearing a dress. I thought I had seen her before or maybe not. I agreed to leave with her.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked the lady, puzzled when she was taking me on an unfamiliar route.
"This is a shortcut to your home," They lady replied with a creepy smile.
I thought that she was taking me somewhere. I panicked. I asked her some questions a few more times but she kept saying it was the shortcut. I did not recognise this place. Was the place somewhere very far? Or maybe I would be lost forever!
"Riiing!" my handphone vibrated.
It was my mom! Luckily, I did not switch on the volume of my ringtone or else the lady would have heard my phone ring.
"Hello? Mom! Where are you! I think I have been kidnapped!" I whispered anxiously so the lady could not hear me.
Tears rolled down my cheeks. The lady seemed to be walking faster and faster.
"Do you know where you are now?" my mom cried out, her voice laced with fear.
I looked around to look for any sign boards. Finally, I spotted one which printed " Hougang street 64". I told her the place I was at. The lady took me to a house. She opened the door and laughed. I should have fled! Why was I so stupid!
"Hahahaha! You have been tricked. You are so gullible!" she whispered beside my ear with a terrifying voice.
The creepy voice of hers freaked me out. She took me into one of the rooms. She used a masking tape and sealed my mouth to prevent me from shouting and pushed me onto a chair. After that, she tied me up. My hands and legs were tied up. I could still stand up but I would fall easily.
"No! Derek! Stand up and take your handphone. GO!" my mind shouted in tenacity.
I stood up. I lost my balance and fell. I wad lucky that I fell onto a pillow.
"Phew! Go on Derek! Don't give up!" I whispered to myself.
I stood again but surprisingly, I did not lose my balance. I jumped forward. Turning backwards so that my fingers could touch the phone, I used my fingers to drag the phone, it dropped onto the pillow.
I used my nose to press the buttons on my phone. Then, I heard footsteps. I quickly got back to the chair.
"Aaaannnkkkk! the old and rusty door swung open.
"You better be good here, don't you dare to get out of house, understand!" the lady shouted like a dinosaur roaring.
I nodded my head. I tried to stay calm. I had received 24 messages. It was hard to use my nose to press the buttons. I was lucky to spot a short knife lying at the corner of the room. I took the knife. While I was trying to cut the ropes around my legs, I received another message. It was by my mum. Finally I cut the ropes.
"Piak! Piak! Piak" all the ropes were cut.
I thought that I could get out of the house and guess what, the metal door on the entrance was locked. I smsed my mum to tell her I was at Hougang street 64, Block 640, door number #02-111.
After ten minutes, the police officers arrived. I peeked out the window, there was my mum. I shouted to tell her I was at the house. She finally saw me. The police officers knocked down the door and it slammed onto the floor. They asked me to stand back.
"Pank!" the metal door slammed onto the floor.
"Mum!" I cried.
"Derek!" my mum cried too.
When the lady came back, the police officers immediately arrested the lady. I learnt that no matter what, I cannot follow strangers and I learnt the lesson the hard way.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
The Dead End by Stanley
"Three...two...one!" I murmured to myself, smirking. Finally, a tiring day at school ended. I packed up, grabbed my bag and dashed to the school gate, expecting my mother over there waiting for me. But she was nowhere in sight. 'Strange... My mother is always punctual. Why is she late now?' I wondered.
Just then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone... something staring at me. As soon as I spun around, the strange figure was gone.
'What in the world was that?!' I pleaded silently in my mind. I looked behind and saw he rest of the pupils who stayed back for remedial lesson like me. Some walked home by themselves and others went home with their parents. I was left alone.
Waiting patiently, I got the feeling that I was being... watched. Just then, a lady walked up to me with a smile. I felt confused. 'Why is that woman look at me like that?' I thought.
"Are you John?" The woman asked.
I replied, 'No?' raising one brow at her.
For a moment, I thought I saw her frown but she quickly regained her composure by putting on a smile.
"Your mother told me to take you home. She is ill and I'm Wendy, her friend."
Suspicion was building up in me. Knowing that serial killers hunting kids were on the loose and kids like me should not trust unfamiliar faces. But I saw the faces of the killers on news and I was certain she was not one of them. Still, I eyed her with suspicion.
I told her to lend me her cell phone to call my mother, just to make sure. I dialled for my mother and when she picked up, I swore I heard men's voices in the background, My mother assured me everything the lady said was the truth. But, there was something different in her voice and in the way she spoke.
Assuming it was just because of her deep nasal voice and perhaps the cold she had, I hung up and followed 'Wendy' into her car.
Never did I know that was the biggest mistake I was going to make.
As I rode along, I noticed we just missed a turn and was heading for a different direction. I stared at her and I almost screamed. Taking a close look at her, I realised that her face was not really connected to her skin.
"Who...Who are you?!" She laughed and the car screeched to a halt just outside a warehouse. She got out and pulled me out. Having a strong grip on me, struggling was futile. I stepped into the warehouse and my eyes started to water. The stench was unbearable. But as I walked in deeper, my eyes watering was not because of the stench but the horrendous scene I saw.
My mother, tied to a chair, headless, blood everywhere. I looked around, skeletons almost the same size as me, chained to the wall. I looked to the woman, two huge looming shadows appeared behind her. The woman removed her face...no! It was a mask!
What was hidden behind it was a horror I never thought I would face. They were the serial killers I saw on the news. No connection, no link was found between their victims. They were sick bastards who killed defenseless kids just to satisfy their freakish thrills.
Burning with hatred and anger, I stared at them, looking into their brutal, murderous eyes as I got chained up on the walls. Resistance was useless as we were in a remote place. What could I do? I shut my eyes, awaiting death as a sharp object plunged deep into my heart. 'Wait for me, mother! I'm coming...'
Friday, July 20, 2012
Social Studies
Dear all,
Social Studies
Please bring picures of either yourself or places (like what was shared on Friday morning by Ms Chua and Mr Yap) that you have fond memories of on Monday.
We will share and have a conversation on Monday.
Regards,
Mrs Mak
Social Studies
Please bring picures of either yourself or places (like what was shared on Friday morning by Ms Chua and Mr Yap) that you have fond memories of on Monday.
We will share and have a conversation on Monday.
Regards,
Mrs Mak
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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