A Singaporean man was executed for importing over 1kg of cannabis, highlighting the nation's strict drug laws and capital punishment policy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Two pounds of weed btw. A man’s life because he wanted to get high with friends at a party or something. It’s illegal to import so it’s not unlikely that he wanted to get a bunch and use it over the course of a year. Fucking insane. Also fuck this articles’s loaded language and framing.
Are you sure it’s that cheap in Singapore if it’s illegal there? A kilo is about 20 grand here in Estonia, has been for ages. When buying by the gram anyway, I don’t know anyone who buys it by the kilo. Assume it would be a bit cheaper them. And we don’t execute smugglers, it’s just illegal.
I’d assume if they kill smugglers it’ll be way more expensive in Singapore
If it’s 20 per G retail, it’s probably about a third of that price per kilo. Risk premium and distributor profit.
And yeah, I’ve never smelled it anywhere I’ve visited in Estonia (or any of the other Baltic states). I like a simple life not involving fines or police shakedowns, so I never buy it unless it’s legal, or (as in the Netherlands and Spain) if not strictly legal, effectively so.
Two pounds of weed btw. A man’s life because he wanted to get high with friends at a party or something. It’s illegal to import so it’s not unlikely that he wanted to get a bunch and use it over the course of a year. Fucking insane. Also fuck this articles’s loaded language and framing.
Also very likely he was going to sell it.
I’m for legalising weed, but trying to import it to a country that is notorious for executing people for even small amounts is fucking moronic.
144 people for about a week, per the article.
That’s like 1500 dollars of weed. Hardly worth attempting to smuggle it unless it’s for personal use for a good long while.
Are you sure it’s that cheap in Singapore if it’s illegal there? A kilo is about 20 grand here in Estonia, has been for ages. When buying by the gram anyway, I don’t know anyone who buys it by the kilo. Assume it would be a bit cheaper them. And we don’t execute smugglers, it’s just illegal.
I’d assume if they kill smugglers it’ll be way more expensive in Singapore
If it’s 20 per G retail, it’s probably about a third of that price per kilo. Risk premium and distributor profit.
And yeah, I’ve never smelled it anywhere I’ve visited in Estonia (or any of the other Baltic states). I like a simple life not involving fines or police shakedowns, so I never buy it unless it’s legal, or (as in the Netherlands and Spain) if not strictly legal, effectively so.
A lot of the mules are either extorted into carrying it, or don’t even know that someone has slipped something into their luggage.
“Oh that? That’s my personal consumption kilo. Reason for visit? Business.”
Then why wouldn’t he import 499g to not risk his life
Someone calibrates the scale 0.2% off and he’s still dead.
Imagine getting executed over air pressure or humidity